Page 76 - 2018 Annual Report Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

Collective Dining The Language of Food Unit 3: Building Food Security and Agriproduct Safety Systems 1. Enhancing Food Security (1) The Agricultural Adaptation Programme on Climate Change Following global economic development and the overconsumption of fuel energy and natural resources, global warming and climate change have been steadily getting more severe. Taiwan is of a subtropical marine climate, with high risk. We have already seen changes with regard to warming and rainfall, the rising of the sea level, changes in ocean currents and sea surface temperature, and more frequent occurrences and increased severity of extreme weather, all of which impact agricultural production and biodiversity. With respect to the important issue of climate change, the Paris Agreement has entered into force worldwide, and around the globe there have been pro-active steps taken to strengthen adaptability and reduce the fragility of the environment and ecologies. The “Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act” was passed in Taiwan, and legal norms for climate-change adaptation work have been legislated, to bring Taiwan into line with international standards. In June of 2018, the “2018 APEC High-level Policy Dialogue on Enhancing Public and Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses and Waste for a Sustainable APEC Food System” event was held in Taiwan, along with the “Reducing Food Losses and Waste Innovation Fair.” 74