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

  2 targets

  •  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

For further analysis of the NDC, see South Korea country profile on