Chia-Wei Chao is research director at the Taiwan Climate Action Network (台灣氣候行動網絡). Chia-Wei received his PhD degree in Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering from the National Taiwan University in 2013. His research focuses are sustainability transition and industrial ecology. Dr. Chao has been actively involved in the climate and energy policy since 2007, to provide evidence-based policy suggestions for environmental NGOs. He founded Taiwan Environment and Planning Association 2020 to establish a transdisciplinary platform to maximize the synergies between ecosystem service and renewable energy development. In 2022, five environmental NGOs launched the Taiwan Climate Action Network initiative to accelerate net-zero policy action in Taiwan. Dr Chao led the research unit under the initiative. He also teaches “Pathways towards Net-Zero” at National Taiwan University and National Chengchi University.
