環境部推遲碳費徵收一年，引發環團和學者不滿

環境部昨日公告碳費三子法，決定將碳費徵收延後至2026年，並維持先前爭議的2.5萬噸免徵額。此舉引發環保團體的憂慮，他們擔心這樣的政策會變成「胡蘿蔔」大放送，失去碳費原本應有的減碳效果。學者則批評碳費政策調整過度，形同「碳費打折打到骨折」，導致減碳進度更加緩慢。

The Ministry of Environment announced the three-part carbon fee law yesterday, deciding to postpone the collection of carbon fees to 2026 and maintain the previously disputed exemption of 25,000 tons. This move has triggered concerns among environmental groups. They are worried that such a policy will become a "carrot" and lose the carbon reduction effect that the carbon fee should have. Scholars criticized the excessive adjustment of the carbon fee policy, which is equivalent to "discounting carbon fees until the bones are broken", resulting in a slower progress in carbon reduction.

原本環境部計畫在今年開徵碳費，並於明年進行收費，但昨日的公告再次延遲徵收時間，形同政策跳票。除了延後徵收，環境部還將國內碳權扣減比率放大至1.2倍，允許早年取得的碳權使用期限延長一年，並放寬石化業、造紙業、紡織業的排放標竿值，這些調整都讓環保團體大失所望。

Originally, the Ministry of Environment planned to introduce a carbon fee this year and charge it next year, but yesterday's announcement once again delayed the collection time, which is equivalent to a policy delay. In addition to postponing the collection, the Ministry of Environment also expanded the domestic carbon

環境權保障基金會、地球公民基金會、綠色公民行動聯盟及台灣氣候行動網絡研究中心發表聯合聲明，批評環境部的碳費子法設計可能成為「胡蘿蔔」大放送。環保團體認為，碳費延遲徵收不僅無法發揮價格訊號作用，也讓企業失去減碳的經濟誘因，進而拖慢國家的轉型進程，讓大企業將社會及環境成本轉嫁給社會，影響後續淨零轉型的推動。

rights deduction rate to 1.2 times, allowed the use period of carbon rights obtained in early years to be extended by one year, and relaxed the emission benchmark values ​​for the petrochemical industry, papermaking industry, and textile industry. These adjustments have greatly disappointed environmental groups.

環團呼籲，碳費應從每噸500元起徵，並逐年提升至與國際標準接軌，否則企業可能需要向其他國家繳納碳關稅，無法有效利用碳費留在國內提升產業競爭力。

The Environmental Rights Protection Foundation, the Global Citizens Foundation, the Green Citizens Action Alliance and the Taiwan Climate Action Network Research Center issued a joint statement criticizing the Ministry of Environment's carbon fee law design as a possible "carrot". Environmental groups believe that the delayed collection of

台大環工所助理教授劉銘龍指出，碳定價是推動國家淨零轉型和應對國際碳關稅的重要政策工具。

carbon fees not only fails to play a price signal role, but also deprives companies of economic incentives to reduce carbon emissions, thereby slowing down the country's transformation process and allowing large companies to pass on social and environmental costs to society, affecting the subsequent promotion of net-zero transformation.

根據環境部的估算，如果碳費徵收對象能提出自主減量計畫，到2030年每年可減少3700萬噸碳排，這對於達成國發會2030年減碳24%（正負1%）的目標具有關鍵影響。

The environmental group calls for carbon fees to start from 500 yuan per ton and be raised year by year to be in line with international standards. Otherwise, companies may need to pay carbon tariffs to other countries and cannot effectively use carbon fees to stay in the country to enhance industrial competitiveness.

然而，台灣在溫室氣體減量上已經步履蹣跚，2022年僅比基準年2005年減少520萬公噸。

Liu Minglong, assistant professor at National Taiwan University's Institute of Environmental Engineering, pointed out that carbon pricing is an important policy tool to promote the country's net-zero transformation and respond to international carbon tariffs. According to estimates from the Ministry of Environment, if carbon fee levy targets can propose independent reduction plans, 37 million tons of carbon emissions can be reduced annually

如今碳費徵收再延一年，將更加難以達成2030年的減碳目標。

by 2030. This will have a key impact on achieving the National Development Council's 2030 carbon reduction target of 24% (plus or minus 1%). However, Taiwan is already faltering in reducing greenhouse gases, with a reduction of only 5.2 million metric tons in 2022 compared with the base year of 2005. Now that the carbon fee collection is postponed for another year, it will be even more difficult to achieve the 2030 carbon reduction target.