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Taiwan to adopt tough new carbon cutting targets, environment czar says

Peng Chi-ming says chip superpower's exclusion from COP29 is world's loss

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Taiwan's Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming speaks with Nikkei Asia in Taipei. (Photo by Cheng Ting-fang)

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer, and LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei Asia tech correspondents
October 16, 2024 06:01 JST

TAIPEI -- Taiwan will raise its carbon emissions reduction target for 2030, as the tech power strives to enhance its position in global supply chains, Taipei's climate czar said in an exclusive interview.

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