Submitted by Climate Scorecard South Korea Country Manager Hatyja NuriyevaBackground Korea’s energy market is in part characterized by total primary...
South Korea Climate Mitigation Policy Recommendations
Policy Recommendation #1: A modification of the emission monitoring system aimed at accounting for emissions from consumption (rather than production)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
