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South Korea environment
![What Did South Korea Promise at COP26? What Did South Korea Promise at COP26?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-11-12-135536.jpg)
What Did South Korea Promise at COP26?
By Troy Stangarone
South Korea is among the world’s most carbon intense economies. What changes is Seoul willing to make?
![South Korea’s Reforestation Campaign South Korea’s Reforestation Campaign](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-07-22-123256.jpg)
South Korea’s Reforestation Campaign
By Yong Kwon
Can Seoul’s decades-old effort serve as a model for fighting climate change today?
![Can South Korea Keep up its Momentum on Climate after the P4G Seoul Summit? Can South Korea Keep up its Momentum on Climate after the P4G Seoul Summit?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-04-7.jpg)
Can South Korea Keep up its Momentum on Climate after the P4G Seoul Summit?
By Kyle Ferrier
South Korea has a chance to close the gap between rhetoric and action on climate change.
![South Korea’s Climate Pledges: Less Than Meets the Eye South Korea’s Climate Pledges: Less Than Meets the Eye](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-south-korea-1151149_1280.jpg)
South Korea’s Climate Pledges: Less Than Meets the Eye
By Sam Macdonald
Once again, the Moon administration is making bold climate pledges on the international stage, while undermining these goals at home.
![South Korea’s 2050 Carbon Neutrality Pledge and Other Half-Truths South Korea’s 2050 Carbon Neutrality Pledge and Other Half-Truths](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-23-6.jpg)
South Korea’s 2050 Carbon Neutrality Pledge and Other Half-Truths
By Sam Macdonald
South Korea has a long history of making vague or intentionally misleading statements on its environmental policies.
![How Green Is South Korea’s Green New Deal? How Green Is South Korea’s Green New Deal?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-12-5.jpg)
How Green Is South Korea’s Green New Deal?
By Sam Macdonald
Like many of Seoul’s previous environmental plans, corporate interests seem to be overshadowing those of the environment.
![South Korea’s Green New Deal South Korea’s Green New Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-28-6.jpg)
South Korea’s Green New Deal
By Troy Stangarone
Moon's vision for a post-COVID economy includes a new commitment to reducing emissions.
![South Korea Aims for Environmental Leadership Through Green Free Trade Agreements South Korea Aims for Environmental Leadership Through Green Free Trade Agreements](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-02-5.jpg)
South Korea Aims for Environmental Leadership Through Green Free Trade Agreements
By Annie Young Song
Environmental chapters in South Korea’s FTAs represent a way of demonstrating environmental leadership at low costs – a strategy that could be replicated in other emerging economies.
![South Korea Once Again Choked by Dangerous Smog South Korea Once Again Choked by Dangerous Smog](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-smoggy_seoul_6907570245.jpg)
South Korea Once Again Choked by Dangerous Smog
By Jenna Gibson
The heavy pollution is a recurring issue, but there’s no clear solution in sight.
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