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Title: Climate Change Response Act CH
Category: Ministry of Environment(環境部)
Chapter 5 Education and Grants
Article 42
All levels of government shall promote public awareness and education regarding response to climate change mitigation and adaptation among citizens, organizations and entities, and proactively assisting NGOs in the following matters:
1. Develop and promote educational plans on response to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
2. Provide the public with easy access to relevant information about climate change.
3. Engage industries and the public in developing relevant adaptation response strategies based on local environmental characteristics and conditions.
4. Promote the cultivation of talents in science, technology, and management in climate change.
5. Promote sustainable development-oriented climate change education in schools at all levels, train teachers, research and develop teaching materials to cultivate future interdisciplinary talents for climate change.
6. Encourage governments at all levels, enterprises, and NGOs to support and strengthen climate change education in combination with environmental education measures, lifetime education and on-the-job training.
7. Promote energy saving and enhance energy efficiency among the general public.
8. Promote low-carb diet, choose local ingredients and reduce leftovers.
9. Other matters officially announced by all levels of government.
Article 43
All levels of governments, public educational institutions and government-run enterprises shall promote energy saving and use energy-efficient products or services to reduce GHG emissions.
Article 44
Electricity suppliers and distributors shall promote and encourage energy conservation and energy efficiency improvement amongst consumers.
Article 45
The central industry competent authorities may reward agencies, institutions, enterprises, schools, organizations or individuals who have outstanding performance in climate change adaptation or GHG reduction and management with grants or subsidies.
The central industry competent authorities shall determine regulations regarding conditions, criteria, selection processes and other binding matters for the grants or subsidies pursuant to the foregoing paragraph.
Article 46
The central industry competent authorities shall perform their responsibilities under the principle of respecting human rights and decent work and consult with communities that are impacted by the transition to net-zero emissions. The authorities shall seek opinions from the relevant central and local agencies, scholars, experts, and NGOs through holding forums or other means to establish and formulate and revise a just transition action program in their competence, which shall be submitted to the authority in charge of just transition as specified in Article 8 (2).
Based on the principle of public-private partnerships, the aforementioned authority in charge shall integrate the just transition action programs submitted by the central industry competent authorities, seek opinions through proper civic engagement mechanisms, establish national just transition action programs and deliver a report on implementation, requesting for approval by the Executive Yuan, and open to the public afterward.