South Korea Hops Aboard Asia's Net-Zero Train

摘要

South Korea — one of the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters — has become the third major Asian country to set a carbon neutrality target. The region's move to address the climate change problem has gathered pace in recent weeks. China pledged last month that its carbon emissions would peak by 2030 and that it would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 (IOD Sep.23'20).