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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Net Zero 2050, Space Diapers, Abba
Description: Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Ryan Drillsma…
And I'm Nancy Sun.
In today's news:
Net-zero 2050 for Taiwan, diapers for astronauts, and the last album for Abba
All that and more, coming up next.
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台灣承諾2050年前達到淨零排放
Taiwan Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
Taiwan is ready to work towards an important goal.
That's what President Tsai Ing-wen says.
But what is that goal?
It's to reach net-zero emissions (淨零排放) by the year 2050.
Things like cars and factories produce greenhouse gas emissions (溫室氣體排放).
Greenhouse gases keep heat in the atmosphere, and this is causing global temperatures to rise.
If global temperatures rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius since pr...