The National Strategy for Green Growth of Korea for period of 2009-2050 was announced in July 2009 and provides outline for further sustainable, environmentally friendly, based on renewable energy and energy efficiency economic development of Korea. [1]
Main 3 objectives of the Strategy:
Promote a synergic relationship between economic growth and environment protection;
Improve quality of life and promote environmentally friendly behaviors of people of Korea;
Contribute to the international efforts to fight climate change and other environmental threats;
Goals:
Mitigating climate change;
Promoting energy independence;
Creating new engines for the economic growth;
Improve quality of life;
Enhance Korea’s international standing;
The Strategy specifies following agendas in order to meet above enlisted goals:
Effective mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions:
Mitigation strategies for buildings, transport and industry
Emissions tracking
Promote forestration
Reduction of fossil fuels consumption and increase of energy independence:
Reduce energy intensity to the OECD average
Increase use of renewable energy sources
Strengthening capacity to adopt to the climate change:
Four Major Rivers Restoration Project
Increase of share of environmentally friendly products up to 18% by 2020
Development of green technologies:
Supporting deployment of green technologies (new and renewable energy sources and energy efficient technologies) and R&D in this field
The “greening” of existing industries and promotion of green industries:
Supporting SMEs to green their businesses
Increase of green goods exports in the major industries from 10% in 2009 up to 22% in 2020
Engineering a structural basis for the green economy:
Gradual introduction of an emission trading system
Tax system supporting new and renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
[1] Description based on the: IEA (2012) "Energy Policies of IEA Countries – The Republic of Korea – 2012 Review";
The National Strategy for Green Growth of Korea for period of 2009-2050 was announced in July 2009 and provides outline for further sustainable, environmentally friendly, based on renewable energy and energy efficiency economic development of Korea. [1]
Main 3 objectives of the Strategy:
Promote a synergic relationship between economic growth and environment protection;
Improve quality of life and promote environmentally friendly behaviors of people of Korea;
Contribute to the international efforts to fight climate change and other environmental threats;
Goals:
Mitigating climate change;
Promoting energy independence;
Creating new engines for the economic growth;
Improve quality of life;
Enhance Korea’s international standing;
The Strategy specifies following agendas in order to meet above enlisted goals:
Effective mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions:
Mitigation strategies for buildings, transport and industry
Emissions tracking
Promote forestration
Reduction of fossil fuels consumption and increase of energy independence:
Reduce energy intensity to the OECD average
Increase use of renewable energy sources
Strengthening capacity to adopt to the climate change:
Four Major Rivers Restoration Project
Increase of share of environmentally friendly products up to 18% by 2020
Development of green technologies:
Supporting deployment of green technologies (new and renewable energy sources and energy efficient technologies) and R&D in this field
The “greening” of existing industries and promotion of green industries:
Supporting SMEs to green their businesses
Increase of green goods exports in the major industries from 10% in 2009 up to 22% in 2020
Engineering a structural basis for the green economy:
Gradual introduction of an emission trading system
Tax system supporting new and renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
[1] Description based on the: IEA (2012) "Energy Policies of IEA Countries – The Republic of Korea – 2012 Review";
The National Strategy for Green Growth of Korea for period of 2009-2050 was announced in July 2009 and provides outline for further sustainable, environmentally friendly, based on renewable energy and energy efficiency economic development of Korea. [1]
Main 3 objectives of the Strategy:
Promote a synergic relationship between economic growth and environment protection;
Improve quality of life and promote environmentally friendly behaviors of people of Korea;
Contribute to the international efforts to fight climate change and other environmental threats;
Goals:
Mitigating climate change;
Promoting energy independence;
Creating new engines for the economic growth;
Improve quality of life;
Enhance Korea’s international standing;
The Strategy specifies following agendas in order to meet above enlisted goals:
Effective mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions:
Mitigation strategies for buildings, transport and industry
Emissions tracking
Promote forestration
Reduction of fossil fuels consumption and increase of energy independence:
Reduce energy intensity to the OECD average
Increase use of renewable energy sources
Strengthening capacity to adopt to the climate change:
Four Major Rivers Restoration Project
Increase of share of environmentally friendly products up to 18% by 2020
Development of green technologies:
Supporting deployment of green technologies (new and renewable energy sources and energy efficient technologies) and R&D in this field
The “greening” of existing industries and promotion of green industries:
Supporting SMEs to green their businesses
Increase of green goods exports in the major industries from 10% in 2009 up to 22% in 2020
Engineering a structural basis for the green economy:
Gradual introduction of an emission trading system
Tax system supporting new and renewable energy sources and energy efficiency
[1] Description based on the: IEA (2012) "Energy Policies of IEA Countries – The Republic of Korea – 2012 Review";
