'뜨거워지는 한반도' 21세기말 폭염일수 3.5배↑•사과재배 불가<br /><br />No more homegrown apples and rice productivity down 25 percent in this country.<br />That is if greenhouse gas emissions were to continue at their current levels here in South Korea.<br />Not only that, the average temperature here on the Korean peninsula is expected to rise nearly five degrees Celsius by the end of this century.<br />Kim Dami reports.<br />If greenhouse gases in Korea continue to be emitted at current levels, the Peninsula could get so hot that there'll no longer be a good season for growing apples.<br />The country will also face heatwaves more than a month long.<br />According to the Korea Meteorological Administration and the environment ministry, the country currently has heatwaves that last 10 days, so that would be three times longer.<br />Between 1880 and 2012,... the average surface temperature for the planet as a whole went up by point-8-5 degrees Celsius.<br />By comparison, between 1912 and 2017,... Korea's surface temperature rose one-point-eight degrees.<br />That's more than twice as much in a shorter period of time.<br />Monday's report warned further... that if current greenhouse gas emissions continue, the country's average temperature will rise four-point-seven percent by end of the century.<br />Even if policies to reduce emissions are successful, the temperature will still rise three percent.<br />Also, by the end of the century, the heat will reduce rice production by 20 percent and pine groves will shrink by 15 percent.<br />To prevent these extreme scenarios, the Moon administration's Green New Deal plan... aims to make renewable forms mainly solar, wind and hydrogen the country's go-to energy source.<br />Plus, a wide range of public facilities will be retrofitted with eco-friendly power and materials.<br />The environment ministry said it's also going to announce a plan to reduce emissions and respond to climate change to be implemented over the next five years.<br />Kim Dami, Arirang News.<br />
