I was asked by the NCKU organizer of this Workshop, my colleague Professor Yung-fu Fang (方永富), to say a few words of welcome here.

The Workshop with the aforementioned title, is organized by NCKU's Department of Mathematics from the College of Science, National Center for Theoretical Sciences (South) and a colleague, Professor Yuusuke Iso (磯祐介) from Kyoto University's Dept. of Applied Analysis and Complex Dynamical Systems. …

Most major media outlets have reported recently that the United States, a main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, had proposed its carbon reduction targets before President Barack Obama went to the United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen of 2009. However, here in Taiwan, what we need urgently is more insightful analysis and reflection on the global warming scenario. …

The 15^th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, concluded with a weak political statement by world powers, provoking lots of moral and emotional criticisms and dampening the future of human existence.

The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference revealed three cruel truths that must be taken seriously. …