Climate targets: Economy-wide

• NDC content

  1 target

  • 37% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared to the BAU scenario (850.6 MtCO2e)
    Economy-wide | Baseline scenario target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: business as usual scenario
    Source:

    South Korea's INDC

• National laws and policies

  8 targets

  • Target total emissions cap for companies under the paid allocation system from 2018-2020 to be 1,777,130,000 tons
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2020
    Source:

    National Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030

    Executive | 2016

  • Target reduction of 536 million tons of carbon emissions by 2030
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2030 | Base year: Compared with business as usual scenario
    Source:

    National Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030

    Executive | 2016

  • Each odmestic sector will reduce 277 million tons of GHG emissions (a 32.5% reduction of GHG emissions against BAU level)
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2030 | Base year: Compared with business as usual scenario
    Source:

    National Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030

    Executive | 2016

  • cut its greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by 35% or more from the 2018 levels
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2018
    Source:

    Carbon Neutral Green Growth Framework Act to tackle the Climate Crisis

    Legislative | 2021

  •  limit the national GHG emissions to 536 MtCO2eq by 2030
    Economy-wide | Trajectory target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2019
    Source:

    2nd Basic Plan for Climate Change Response

    Executive | 2019

  • Allocating 219 MTCO2e reductions among the 315 million tons to reduced by 2030 to eight areas, including power generation, industry, and construction by 2030 compared with a 2016 baseline
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2016
    Source:

    National Roadmap for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030

    Executive | 2016

  • carbon neutrality
    Economy-wide | Fixed level target | Target year: 2050 | Base year:
    Source:

    2050 carbon neutral strategy

    Executive | 2020

  • carbon neutrality by 2050
    Economy-wide | Fixed level target | Target year: 2050 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    Carbon Neutral Green Growth Framework Act to tackle the Climate Crisis

    Legislative | 2021

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