Saving the South Korean Tourism Industry with Eco-tour Certification
South Korea’s tourism/travel industry is dying as the corona virus cuts global transportation. From January to April in 2020, consumption spending on tourism... Read more.
South Korea Has a Strong Biodiversity Plan That is Not Being Effectively Implemented
According to data from the Ministry of Environment in 2014, Korea has decreased forests by 2.1%, farmland by 15.9% and tidal flats by 20.4% over the past 20 years.... Read more.
South Korea Beating COVID-19 & Discussing a “Green New Deal”
The South Korean government provides COVID-19 emergency disaster relief funds to all of its citizens. It is an unprecedented amount of money that any Korean citizen... Read more.
South Korea’s Most Recent Energy Plan Focuses on Energy Conversion
Since the establishment of South Korea’s new climate system in 2015, the direction of the government’s energy policy has been to achieve the twin goals of... Read more.
East Asia’s First Mandatory Emissions Trading System
South Korea does not have a Carbon tax, but does have a trading system. Korean Emission Trading System (KETS) has been in operation since January 2015, becoming... Read more.
National Assembly Declares Fine Dust to be a Social Disaster in South Korea
Nothing is more important than breathing for survival. But even breathing is threatened in Korea. The South Korean National Assembly officially declared the fine... Read more.
South Korea Climate Leader 2019: Yeonchul Yoo
24390|https://www.climatescorecard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/south-korea-yooyeonchul.jpeg|fullYeonchul Yoo, Climate Change Ambassador
Mr. Yeonchul Yoo (1961)... Read more.