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Korea’s National Carbon Neutrality Plan and 10th Electricity Basic Plan are not aligned with the global 1.5°C limit

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South Korea's new energy and emissions targets fall short of their ambitious NDC and the global 1.5°C goal

Accelerated deployment of renewable energy is crucial to meet the common global goal

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The Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) released a new analysis of the Republic of Korea’s 10th Basic Energy Plan and Carbon Neutrality Plan, which updated several Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, determining that their new energy and emissions targets are not aligned with global 1.5°C trajectories.

Using an integrated assessment model, our analysis found that while their current NDC target is broadly consistent with the 1.5°C goal, their several new NDC targets and updated energy plan may jeopardize their ambition set in the initial NDC target. 


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