Event: Beyond 1.5°C: Expert Forum on Climate Change Adaptation
Date & Time: July 2, 2025 (Wednesday), 14:00–16:00
Venue: Auditorium, 1st Floor, RCEC, Academia Sinica
Event Overview:
Achieving net-zero emissions is a critical long-term goal in combating climate change. However, recent IPCC reports and scientific findings suggest that mitigation alone is not enough—adaptation actions must proceed in parallel to effectively manage the risks and impacts of a rapidly changing climate.
This expert forum, held as part of the 2025 Academia Sinica Scientific Conference, brings together leading roles from academia, government, and civil society to address one of the most urgent challenges of our time: How can Taiwan accelerate and strengthen its climate adaptation efforts in the face of intensifying risks?
The forum will open with keynote remarks by Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Huang-Hsiung Hsu, who will outline the scientific urgency and strategic necessity of adaptation in Taiwan’s climate agenda followed by Panel discussions.
Panelists (alphabetical order by last name):
Mr. Sun-Han Hung（洪申翰）Minister, Ministry of Labor, ROC Taiwan
Dr. Chien-Hsin Lai（賴建信）Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC Taiwan
Dr. Ling-Ling Lee（李玲玲）Professor Emeritus, Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin（林敏聰）Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Dr. Chi-Ming Peng（彭啓明）Minister, Ministry of Environment, ROC Taiwan
Contact: Ming-Ju Chen (陳明珠), Secretary, RCEC, AS. email: mjchen@as.edu.tw
