With the aim of promoting green economic transition on a national level, this study applies the environmental policy stringency index, developed by OECD, to analyse Taiwan's energy policies between 1990 and 2015, and compare results with those of other OECD countries. After examining the institutional foundation and regulatory tools in Taiwan's green economy transition, we found that green transition in Taiwan currently faces eight major challenges in common with other OECD member states. We argue that the government of Taiwan needs to make adj...