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View all search resultsThe first stages of a South Korean government “Green New Deal” aiming to retool one of the world’s most fossil fuel-reliant economies is focused instead on protecting jobs as the country seeks to stimulate a virus-ravaged economy, activists say.
As the world marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday, calls were growing for governments to treat the shock of the coronavirus with "green recovery" packages to spur a shift to a low-carbon future.
The government’s “green fuel” program is expected to help boost the share of renewable energy in the country’s energy mix to 23 percent by 2024 from 8.55 percent in 2018 and lower fossil fuel use and crude oil imports. Domestic biofuel consumption is also expected to rise to 17.4 million kiloliters by 2024 from 6.9 million kiloliters in 2020.
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