評估台灣環境教育法:對未來政策的考量

Abstract

在過去的五十年裡，越來越多的共識認為需要集體努力來應對人為引起的氣候變遷。自2011年6月5日起，環保署（EPA）將環境教育（EE）當成推動社會變革的方法並納入國家法律。這項政策名為《臺灣環境教育法》（TEEA），旨在通過獎勵、命令和資源動員來促進環境教育，同時團結各種從業人員，以實現行為改變和可持續發展性。然而，調查數據顯示，儘管已經實施了十多年，TEEA並未顯著改變一般民眾的多項環保行為。通過利益相關者分析和情景式訪談，本研究旨在進一步了解TEEA的成果，以及它如何支持和加強臺灣的環境教育。最後，研究將確認出在未來環境教育政策的制定中應考慮的因素。

Growing consensus within the past fifty years has identified the urgent need for collective efforts to tackle human-induced climate change. The pervasiveness of environmental education (EE) as a means to drive social change in Taiwan has been maintained as a national law by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since June 5th, 2011. Entitled the Taiwan Environmental Education Act (TEEA), this policy aims to promote EE and unite diverse practitioners through a system of incentives, mandates, and resources, to achieve behavioural change and sustainability at large. However, survey data reveals that despite over a decade in operation, the TEEA is not accompanied with a significant change in several pro-environmental behaviours of the general public. Using stakeholder analysis and scenario-based interviews, this research seeks to further understand what has the TEEA achieved, and how does it support and enhance the delivery of EE in Taiwan. Lastly, it will determine what factors should be considered in the development of future EE policy.