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carbon dioxide

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Environmental activists call on the government to increase use of renewable energy in Jongno District, central Seoul, on April 23. [NEWS1]

Korea's greenhouse gases rise to highest levels ever, prompting climate concerns

Korea's atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration rose to its highest level last year, adding to concerns that the country is falling behind in its response to climate change despite repeated government pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

2026.4.29

LG Chem researchers look at an electrochemical reactor that uses the carbon dioxide in the air as a raw material in the production of plastics. [LG CHEM]

LG Chem, KIST developed technology to make plastic with air

LG Chem and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) jointly developed a technology that can use carbon dioxide in the air as a raw material in the production of plastics.

2022.5.9

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Employees and researchers at Hyundai Motor Group, Saudi Arabia's state-run oil company Aramco and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) pose for a photograph. Hyundai Motor Group announced Wednesday it agreed to jointly develop an ultra-lean burn engine and other technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions with Aramco and Kaust. [HYUNDAI MOTOR GROUP]

Lowering emissions

Hyundai Motor Group announced Wednesday it agreed to jointly develop an ultra-lean burn engine and other technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions with Aramco and Kaust.

2022.3.30

Posco CEO Choi Jeong-woo speaks at the Hydrogen Iron & Steel making (HyIS) Forum 2021 held at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas in Gangnam, southern Seoul on Wednesday. The forum is held through Friday. [POSCO]

Posco hosts first HyIS, a forum on green steelmaking

Posco is hosting a three-day forum held to discuss ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in steelmaking.

2021.10.6

Bae Jae-hoon, HMM CEO, speaks during a session of the Green Future Week at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in central Seoul on Wednesday. [HMM]

HMM CEO makes major emissions pledge

HMM will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

2021.5.27

President Moon Jae-in receives a standing ovation from ruling Democratic Party lawmakers Wednesday after he announced a pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. [YONHAP]

Moon commits Korea to carbon neutrality by 2050

The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) welcomed President Moon Jae-in’s pledge to make Korea carbon neutral by 2050, in line with a concerted global effort to combat change.

2020.10.29

Tag: carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide

Latest News

Korea's greenhouse gases rise to highest levels ever, prompting climate concerns

LG Chem, KIST developed technology to make plastic with air

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North Korea releases new photos of Kim Jong-un to quash death rumors

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Lowering emissions

Posco hosts first HyIS, a forum on green steelmaking

HMM CEO makes major emissions pledge

Moon commits Korea to carbon neutrality by 2050