Preliminary Research on Carbon-Neutral Sustainable Development Strategies in Community Development Education †

Abstract

Owing to the severe development and progression of climate change and the greenhouse effect, carbon neutrality has attracted much research interest in environment-related social research. Specifically, in Article 12 of the Regulations on Community Development Work (RCDW) for more than 25,000 Taiwanese community development associations, carbon neutrality is the main purpose of environmental education, environmental protection and infrastructures, and social responsibilities. Carbon neutrality has to be instituted into efficient governance and operations to provide effective and diversified services for residents’ lives. Thus, sustainable strategies (environmental, social, and governance, ESG) need to induce effective and efficient carbon-neutral sustainable development in order to improve environmental conditions for the community’s residents without long-term government compensation and resources. Environmentally sustainable strategies focus on environmental protection and education for the whole community. Social strategies need to be associated with social responsibility and public services, while governance needs to be concentrated on sustainable operation and management. In this study, effective and efficient carbon-neutral sustainable development strategies were proposed for the community sustainability of community development associations.