Environment – Taiwan Insight

Are Taiwanese Technologies Eco-friendly?

8 September 2026 NGA Shi Yeu

Written by Maytapat Pararaman. This article examines the environmental sustainability of Taiwan’s technology sector by exploring the interplay between semiconductor development, environmental governance, and international climate commitments. It argues that while legislation, the RE100 initiative, and COP26 participation have strengthened Taiwan’s green transition, tensions remain between economic competitiveness, democratic geopolitics, and ecological responsibility. Ultimately, the article suggests that eco-friendly technological innovation could become a defining pillar of Taiwan’s future international identity and global credibility.

The Place That Remembers: Taiwan, Healing, and the Cartography of the Body

21 July 2026 Drmarkm

Taiwan is too often reduced to a geopolitical abstraction, but this essay reads the island as a body — one that carries the trauma of colonisation, the 228 massacre, and the White Terror in its very flesh. Through memorials, indigenous counter-mapping, and the Mazu pilgrimage, Taiwan heals by inscribing its wounds back onto the map: re-membering, in the flesh, as another name for healing

Reorienting Taiwan on Turtle Island: My Encounter with Emma Teng’s Taiwan’s Imagined Geography

21 May 2026 Chee-Hann Wu

Written by Jo-Tzu Huang. Emma Teng’s Taiwan’s Imagined Geography has inspired the author to rethink Taiwan through settler-colonial and imperial frameworks. Teng’s analysis of Qing travel writings reveals how geography and identity were constructed. It challenges Western-centric colonial theories and prompts reflection on Taiwan’s layered colonial histories within global human geography discourse.

Beyond the Growth Narrative: Energy Constraints in Taiwan’s Green Transition

8 May 2026 Adrian Chiu

Written by Gita T. This article argues that Taiwan’s green transition assumes energy demand will remain manageable and relatively stable amid rapid technological expansion. This assumption is increasingly difficult to sustain. These dynamics suggest that Taiwan’s green transition requires a shift not only in technology, but in how energy systems are planned and governed.

Taiwan’s Energy Challenges Amid Shifting Geopolitical Realities: National Security, Energy Transition, and Technological Ambitions of an Insular Democracy Under Pressure

10 April 2026 NGA Shi Yeu

Written by Romain Blachier. Taiwan’s energy debate is no longer only about transition targets or electricity costs. It has become a question of how the island sustains itself under pressure. Surging demand from AI, deepening reliance on imported gas, and renewed discussion of nuclear power all point to a system under strain. What is at stake is not just growth, but the conditions that make Taiwan’s political and economic life possible.

Energy and Information Resilience Strengthen Taiwan’s Energy Security

3 April 2026 Adrian Chiu

Written by Elena Yi-Ching Ho. Taiwan’s energy security has once again been under the spotlight amid the current surge in energy risk stemming from the US–Israeli war with Iran. This article argues that the Taiwanese government should treat it as a strategic opportunity to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and strengthen the information resilience needed to support Taiwan’s energy transition.

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