TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has appointed Nobel Laureate Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) as an adviser to a new Climate Change Commission, reports said Wednesday (July 24).

Lai will chair the new body consisting of 24 members and two advisers, per CNA. Lee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 and later headed the Academia Sinica.

In addition to Lee, the other adviser is Eugene Chien (簡又新), a former transportation and foreign minister who chaired the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy Research.

The commission members include eight government representatives, six business leaders, six members of civil society, and four academics and experts. Officials emphasized that 65% of the commission members do not come from government, while 28.5% are women.

The group’s first mission is to serve as a platform for the public to participate in climate change and environmental issues. The president will speak at the start of each meeting before listening to reports by members, with the media allowed to broadcast the proceedings.

A discussion phase behind closed doors will be followed by a news conference to inform the public of the results of the meeting. The commission is scheduled to meet once every three months.