Taiwan hosts 2025 Asia Carbon Pricing Forum

The Ministry of Environment hosted the “2025 Asia Carbon Pricing Forum” on 23 September 2025 to deepen international carbon pricing policy exchange and seek medium- to long-term carbon pricing pathways for Taiwan.

• Main announcement/action: The Ministry of Environment convened international and regional carbon market experts with the German Emissions Trading Authority as knowledge partner on 23 Sep 2025 in Taiwan to discuss global carbon trading trends and policy design; the forum included presentations by Prof. Dr. Daniel Klingenfeld (German Emissions Trading Authority), Alistair Ritchie (Asia Society Policy & Research Institute), Sawako Tada (Japan GX Promotion Organization) and domestic briefings by Tsai Ling-yi (Director-General, Climate Change Administration). As a concrete cooperation outcome, Taiwan Carbon Exchange (TCX) signed an MoU with European Energy Exchange (EEX) on 27 June 2025 and the Minister led a Green Growth Alliance delegation to Berlin in June 2025 to deepen bilateral collaboration.
• Background and details: Taiwan’s carbon fee system launched in 2025; it covers manufacturers and power plants with annual emissions > 25,000 tonnes, which must calculate 2025 emissions and remit fees in May next year (May 2026). Enterprises that submit autonomous reduction plans meeting specified targets can apply for preferential fee rates. The forum aimed to draw lessons from European and Asian ETS designs (e.g., Japan’s phased GX-ETS approach, South Korea’s broad ETS with third-party participation, Indonesia’s industry-first ETS start) to inform Taiwan’s future ETS roadmap.

Event details:

• Date: 23 September 2025
• Time: not specified in article
• Location: Taiwan (hosted by the Ministry of Environment)
• Agenda/subject: international carbon pricing policy exchange; European and Asian carbon market design and implementation; Taiwan carbon fee architecture and ETS pathway.