The Ministry of Environment and Aboriginal Associations co-organized the International Forum on Aboriginal Power under Climate Change

The Ministry of Environment and Aboriginal Associations jointly organized the "International Forum on Aboriginal Power under Climate Change". (Photo by reporter Yang Yuanting)

Although our country is not a member of the United Nations, in response to this year's Pacific PreCOP31, the Ministry of Environment and the Aboriginal Association jointly organized the "International Forum on Aboriginal Power under Climate Change" today (5th). In addition to domestic Aboriginal people, representatives of Aboriginal people from Malaysia and New Zealand were also invited to attend the meeting. Environment Minister Peng Qiming said that in the future, he hopes to simplify the process for Aboriginal people to apply for Ministry of Environment funding, and will strive to make the conclusions visible to the world through various means.

COP31 will be held in Turkey next month, and our country has not yet received an invitation. Peng Qiming, who has participated in the conference 11 times as a private expert in the past, has never received an invitation letter since becoming a minister. Peng Qiming said that during the COP, Taiwan will also hold more international cooperation conferences and will work hard to transfer relevant results. Let the world see it, and also emphasize that in recent years, Taiwan's efforts in formulating carbon pricing, carbon fees, etc. have been recognized internationally. This international forum in cooperation with the Aboriginal Association also hopes to let the world see that the Chinese government and the Aboriginal tribes jointly determine the transformation direction of environmental governance, and will also combine modern science and traditional wisdom to create climate solutions.

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Peng Qiming further stated that this meeting also hopes to enable the net-zero transformation to drive local creation and ensure that indigenous tribes can fairly share the results in renewable energy and other projects. He also pointed out that the holding of this meeting is related to the vigorous promotion of Chen Ying, the legislator of indigenous origin, because indigenous people are also the front line facing climate impacts. Through the meeting, he also hopes to integrate the experiences of indigenous peoples with climate policies.

Chen Ying said that in the past, the government promoted many policies, and the indigenous people were the last to be informed, and even the direction was decided. She was happy to see the Ministry of Environment allow indigenous people to participate in policies, and hoped that the procedures for indigenous people to apply for relevant funds could be simplified as quickly as possible in the future.