Korea's Green Growth Strategy : Mitigating Climate Change and Developing New Growth Engines

Randall S. Jonesi ; Byungseo Yooi iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: energy efficiency;    Kyoto protocol;    Clean Development Mechanism;    climate change;    green growth;    energy subsidies;    environmental taxes;    green certificates;    National Strategy for Green Growth;    emissions trading system;    Korean economy;    carbon tax;    greenhouse g;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/5kmbhk4gh1ns-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubled between 1990 and 2005, the highest growth rate in the OECD area. Korea recently set a target of reducing emissions by 30% by 2020 relative to a “business as usual” baseline, implying a 4% cut from the 2005 level. Achieving this objective in a cost-effective manner requires moving from a strategy based on voluntary commitments by firms to market-based instruments. The priority is to establish a comprehensive cap-and-trade scheme, supplemented, if necessary, by carbon taxes in areas not covered by trading. Achieving a significant cut in emissions requires a shift from energy-intensive industries to low-carbon ones. Korea is strongly committed to promoting green growth through its Five-Year Plan, which envisages spending 2% of GDP per year through 2013. One challenge is to ensure that these expenditures are efficiently targeted so as to develop green technologies, while avoiding the risks inherent in industrial policy.