Environmental groups are urging the soon-to-be-inaugurated "environmental ministry" to set out a roadmap for plastics reduction and provide reassurances that it will honor its pledge to ban the use of single-use plastic items.

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) says a preparatory office for the Climate Change Administration will be launched on Saturday.

Researchers at Academia Sinica have developed a global-scale climate model suggesting that climate change could have a significant impact on Taiwan without mitigating policy measures

Lawmakers have passed the Organic Act for the Ministry of the Environment.

President Tsai Ing-wen marked World Environment Day by reiterating her administration's commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.