Globalist: Taiwan is at the crosscurrents of climate change. As a tropical island nation, it is vulnerable to rising seas and temperatures — and as a heavily industrialized economy, it is producing the greenhouse gases that are driving climate change. So why has it been so hard for Taiwan to make an impact on global climate change policies? Lila Buckley explains. aiwan’s climate change story begins much like that of other tropical island nations. Scientists project higher intensity of typhoons …