APSAA 亞太永續行動獎(Asia-Pacific Sustainability Action Awards )-Livable and Sustainable City Award:Excellent
Environmental Protection Department,New Taipei City Government
Environmental Protection Department,New Taipei City Government
As the first city in Taiwan to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), New Taipei City took the lead by singing the Climate Emergency Declaration in 2020; announced “Zero Carbon, New Taipei Takes the Lead” in 2021 and published the second edition of Voluntary Local Review (VLR) (with the 1st edition published in 2019); released “New Taipei City 2050 Net-Zero Pathway and Climate Action White Paper” in 2022, signaling that New Taipei City has joined the rank of the Tier-1 cities in the world. Taking on the responsibility for Net Zero by 2050 together, we are to march onward for a net-zero transition.
In response to and in order to achieve the carbon reduction goal in 2030, New Taipei City proposed the 2030 blueprint with three zero-carbon strategies. These include building Bali Net-zero Emissions Demo Zone, the 2nd Administrative Center in Sanchong to attain Carbon Neutrality, and introduction of net-zero design into large development projects. Moving forward, it shall make transition from fossil fuels to electricity or carbon-free fuels, improve energy efficiency of facilities to reduce energy use, and employ renewable energy or clean energy as power sources. With the 3 strategies, it promotes various carbon-reduction measures. Also, upholding the thinking of “Leave No One Behind,” we enable the citizenry to march together to Ne Zero by 2050.
New Taipei City adopted Smart Zero-Carbon Building, Zero Waste Circular Life, Clean Production Industry, Green Transport, and Resilient and Livable City as its vision for 2050. To attain Net Zero by 2050 and the medium target for emissions reduction by 2030, with the sectors generating the most emissions, i.e. the building sector, the industrial sector, and the transportation sector, at the core, New Taipei City enforces the action plans for mitigation and adaptation.
Plan for Net Zero by 2050:
With 2005 as the base year (GHG emissions: 19.11 million metric tons), New Taipei City set out to achieve a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the base year with an aim to attain Net Zero by 2050.
The net GHG emissions of New Taipei City in 2020 was 17.835 million metric tons, of which the electricity accounted for 11.497 million metric tons, fuel burning for 7.219 million metric tons, and non-fuel burning for 147,000 metric tons, along with a carbon sink amount totaled 1.031 million metric tons. By 2050, the building sector shall cut the use of natural gas and fuels by a total adoption of electric stoves and electric heaters; the agriculture/fishery sectors will replace diesels of fishing vessels with biofuels and hydrogen; the waste management is to practice zero landfill and introduce biodegradation and biogas power generation for domestic sewage treatment. Through measures like electrification and energy transition, there will be only 512,000 metric tons of non-energy related emissions left by 2050.
Following electrification, the electricity demand in New Taipei City shall soar by 2050. Based on a conservative estimate, the energy mix of New Taipei City in 2050 will be 80% of renewable energy, 16% of natural gas, and 4% of hydrogen, cutting the Electricity Carbon Emission Factor to 0.056 kg CO2e/kWh. By means of various equipment efficiency improvement and energy conservation, the electricity use will maintain within 17.75 billion kWh with carbon emissions of 994,000 metric tons. The amount of carbon sink of New Taipei City is projected at 1.506 million metric tons by 2050. Thus, it may attain the Net Zero goal.
Net-Zero Action Strategies:
1. Smart Zero-Carbon Building:
In 2020, the carbon emissions from the building sector in New Taipei City accounted for 39% of the City’s emissions. The City has laid out 31 action plans to reduce carbon emissions in the residential and commercial buildings through the power consumption standards for community facilities of new buildings, green building regulations, introduction of intelligent management systems to social housing, and low-carbon community transformations. With the strategies of “Energy-saving Monitoring,” “Energy-saving Transformation,” and “Zero-carbon Electricity,” New Taipei City shall realize the goal of near-zero buildings.
2. Zero Waste Circular Life: With circularity as the core value, as well as the three strategies, Circular Life, Circular Engineering, and Circular Agriculture, the environment and agriculture sectors aim to realize the zero-waste life of circularity with 11 action plans, including golden recycling stations, subsidizing organic campus composting facilities for kitchen waste, a full reuse of incineration slag, and friendly farms.
3. Clean Production Industry: As the first city in Taiwan to join the PPCA, New Taipei City strives to realize the clean production industry through two strategies, Energy Conversion and Energy Efficiency Improvement, along with 12 action plans, such as establishment of geothermal power generation demonstration sites, promotion of solar power generation systems in public venues and private buildings, efficiency improvement of smart industries, among others.
4. Green Friendly Transport: In 2020, the carbon emissions from the transportation sector in New Taipei City accounted for 25% of the City’s total emissions. With three strategies, i.e. public transport promotion, vehicle electrification and human-centered transportation optimization, New Taipei City seeks to build a green and friendly transportation network through 10 action plans, including construction of additional mass rapid transit (MRT) systems, construction of Bali light rail transit (LRT) system, comprehensive electrification of government fleet, and expansion of the public bicycle service facilities and coverage.
5. Resilient and Livable City: In order to improve the urban system’s climate resilience and adaptability, New Taipei City laid out 16 action plans, including hillside development control mechanisms and establishment of the disaster prevention and early warning system, construction of the early warning and monitoring systems for river environment information and pollution, creation of the real-time monitoring system (all-disaster intelligent command and monitoring center),and building a low-carbon, sustainable home in line with 3 strategies, i.e. enhancement of regional environmental adaptability, application of technologies for comprehensive disaster prevention and relief, and in-depth community-centered adaptability, so as to build New Taipei City into a resilient and livable city.
In response to and in order to achieve the carbon reduction goal in 2030, New Taipei City proposed the 2030 blueprint with three zero-carbon strategies. These include building Bali Net-zero Emissions Demo Zone, the 2nd Administrative Center in Sanchong to attain Carbon Neutrality, and introduction of net-zero design into large development projects. Moving forward, it shall make transition from fossil fuels to electricity or carbon-free fuels, improve energy efficiency of facilities to reduce energy use, and employ renewable energy or clean energy as power sources. With the 3 strategies, it promotes various carbon-reduction measures. Also, upholding the thinking of “Leave No One Behind,” we enable the citizenry to march together to Ne Zero by 2050.
New Taipei City adopted Smart Zero-Carbon Building, Zero Waste Circular Life, Clean Production Industry, Green Transport, and Resilient and Livable City as its vision for 2050. To attain Net Zero by 2050 and the medium target for emissions reduction by 2030, with the sectors generating the most emissions, i.e. the building sector, the industrial sector, and the transportation sector, at the core, New Taipei City enforces the action plans for mitigation and adaptation.
Plan for Net Zero by 2050:
With 2005 as the base year (GHG emissions: 19.11 million metric tons), New Taipei City set out to achieve a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the base year with an aim to attain Net Zero by 2050.
The net GHG emissions of New Taipei City in 2020 was 17.835 million metric tons, of which the electricity accounted for 11.497 million metric tons, fuel burning for 7.219 million metric tons, and non-fuel burning for 147,000 metric tons, along with a carbon sink amount totaled 1.031 million metric tons. By 2050, the building sector shall cut the use of natural gas and fuels by a total adoption of electric stoves and electric heaters; the agriculture/fishery sectors will replace diesels of fishing vessels with biofuels and hydrogen; the waste management is to practice zero landfill and introduce biodegradation and biogas power generation for domestic sewage treatment. Through measures like electrification and energy transition, there will be only 512,000 metric tons of non-energy related emissions left by 2050.
Following electrification, the electricity demand in New Taipei City shall soar by 2050. Based on a conservative estimate, the energy mix of New Taipei City in 2050 will be 80% of renewable energy, 16% of natural gas, and 4% of hydrogen, cutting the Electricity Carbon Emission Factor to 0.056 kg CO2e/kWh. By means of various equipment efficiency improvement and energy conservation, the electricity use will maintain within 17.75 billion kWh with carbon emissions of 994,000 metric tons. The amount of carbon sink of New Taipei City is projected at 1.506 million metric tons by 2050. Thus, it may attain the Net Zero goal.
Net-Zero Action Strategies:
1. Smart Zero-Carbon Building:
In 2020, the carbon emissions from the building sector in New Taipei City accounted for 39% of the City’s emissions. The City has laid out 31 action plans to reduce carbon emissions in the residential and commercial buildings through the power consumption standards for community facilities of new buildings, green building regulations, introduction of intelligent management systems to social housing, and low-carbon community transformations. With the strategies of “Energy-saving Monitoring,” “Energy-saving Transformation,” and “Zero-carbon Electricity,” New Taipei City shall realize the goal of near-zero buildings.
2. Zero Waste Circular Life: With circularity as the core value, as well as the three strategies, Circular Life, Circular Engineering, and Circular Agriculture, the environment and agriculture sectors aim to realize the zero-waste life of circularity with 11 action plans, including golden recycling stations, subsidizing organic campus composting facilities for kitchen waste, a full reuse of incineration slag, and friendly farms.
3. Clean Production Industry: As the first city in Taiwan to join the PPCA, New Taipei City strives to realize the clean production industry through two strategies, Energy Conversion and Energy Efficiency Improvement, along with 12 action plans, such as establishment of geothermal power generation demonstration sites, promotion of solar power generation systems in public venues and private buildings, efficiency improvement of smart industries, among others.
4. Green Friendly Transport: In 2020, the carbon emissions from the transportation sector in New Taipei City accounted for 25% of the City’s total emissions. With three strategies, i.e. public transport promotion, vehicle electrification and human-centered transportation optimization, New Taipei City seeks to build a green and friendly transportation network through 10 action plans, including construction of additional mass rapid transit (MRT) systems, construction of Bali light rail transit (LRT) system, comprehensive electrification of government fleet, and expansion of the public bicycle service facilities and coverage.
5. Resilient and Livable City: In order to improve the urban system’s climate resilience and adaptability, New Taipei City laid out 16 action plans, including hillside development control mechanisms and establishment of the disaster prevention and early warning system, construction of the early warning and monitoring systems for river environment information and pollution, creation of the real-time monitoring system (all-disaster intelligent command and monitoring center),and building a low-carbon, sustainable home in line with 3 strategies, i.e. enhancement of regional environmental adaptability, application of technologies for comprehensive disaster prevention and relief, and in-depth community-centered adaptability, so as to build New Taipei City into a resilient and livable city.