S. Korea's greenhouse gas emissions dip 0.9 pct last year

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SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's greenhouse gas emissions fell 0.9 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, helped by lower output from the industrial and transport sectors, the environment ministry said Sunday.

National greenhouse gas emissions were provisionally estimated at 685.7 million tons last year, down from 691.8 million tons a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.

Emissions from the industrial, transport, agriculture, livestock, fisheries and waste sectors fell, while those from electricity, buildings and refrigerants increased, the ministry said.

Annual greenhouse gas emissions fell below 700 million tons in 2024 for the first time since 2010, largely due to a higher share of nuclear and renewable energy in power generation.

National greenhouse gas emissions data take about two years to finalize, so provisional figures are released first. The difference between provisional and final figures is typically 0.3 percent to 0.4 percent.

The government aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2035 from 2018 levels.

South Korea's greenhouse gas emissions stood at 742.3 million tons in 2018. To meet the target, emissions would need to fall to 371.2 million tons or less by 2035.

"The government needs to accelerate its decarbonization efforts and transition to zero-emission and renewable energy sources to meet the target," the ministry said.

This photo taken Sept. 16, 2026, shows POSCO's steel plant in Pohang, 272 kilometers southeast of Seoul. (Yonhap)

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S. Korea's greenhouse gas emissions dip 0.9 pct last year

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据气候、能源和环境部初步估计，去年全国温室气体排放量为 6.857 亿吨，低于前一年的 6.918 亿吨。

该部表示，工业、交通、农业、畜牧业、渔业和废物处理部门的排放量有所下降，而电力、建筑和制冷剂部门的排放量有所上升。

2024 年，温室气体年排放量自 2010 年以来首次降至 7 亿吨以下，这主要是由于核能和可再生能源在发电中所占比例较高。

国家温室气体排放数据大约需要两年时间才能最终确定，因此会先发布临时数据。临时数据和最终数据之间的差异通常在0.3%到0.4%之间。

政府的目标是到 2035 年将温室气体排放量比 2018 年的水平至少减少 50%。

2018年韩国温室气体排放量为7.423亿吨。为了实现目标，到2035年，排放量需要降至3.712亿吨或更少。

该部表示：“政府需要加快脱碳进程，向零排放和可再生能源转型，以实现目标。”

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