Yunlin County

2023 Yunlin County Voluntary Local Review: Creating Daily Happiness

Insights of the Report

Yunlin County has released its second VLR report with a comprehensive review of administrative and sustainable development goals for connecting with the UN SDGs. The report continues Yunlin County's vision of sustainable development, "Happy Yunlin, Sustainable Act", and it aims to create Daily Happiness through the five dimensions of sustainable governance - "Life Dignity", "Carefree Living", "Productive Abundance", "Ecological Equilibrium", and "Mutualism". There are 213 projects and 330 sub-projects included in the report, following 10 cross-bureau vision meetings.

Issued: December 2023

Population
659,468 (Dec. 2023)

Area
1,291 ㎢ (Dec. 2023)

Population Density
511 inhabitants per ㎢ (Dec. 2023)

Level of Government
Sub-National (ex. prefectural, state, etc)

Carbon Emissions
43,966,091.7203 t-CO2e (2021)

Carbon Footprint per capita
65.6

Carbon Absorption
67,739.5269 t (2021)

Website
https://www.yunlin.gov.tw/Default.aspx

City Profile

Yunlin County is located in the south-central part of western Taiwan. The eastern half is mountain (1/10), and the rest is plain (9/10). It leans against the mountains and the sea. The climate is pleasant with an average temperature of 22.6 degrees Celsius. It produces multiple high-quality agricultural products, and can be described as a large agricultural county. At the same time, the county also has many ia religious and cultural attractions.

The Report and more

The VLR report is available here:
2023 Yunlin County Voluntary Local Review: Creating Daily Happiness
2021 Sustainable Development Goals. Happy Yunlin, Sustainable Act. Yunlin County Voluntary Local Review, Five Lives Sharing Happy County.