2050년 탄소중립위해 기후대응기금 조성…탄소•경유세 추후 검토<br /><br />South Korea has laid out its blueprint to go carbon neutral by 2050.<br />It will overhaul its tax scheme related to carbon emissions, set up a fund designed to fight climate change, accelerate the reduction of coal reliance.<br />Eum Ji-young has the details.<br />Under its pledge to go carbon neutral by 2050, the South Korean government plans to establish a fund to pay for the changes to the economy... and it will overhaul the taxation system regarding carbon and greenhouse gas emissions to finance the fund.<br />It plans to introduce a tax and levy system which puts a price on carbon emissions.<br />"Carbon taxes will be introduced after comprehensively reviewing various factors including climate change, income distribution, inflation and industrial competitiveness."<br />Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki announced the plans after a ministerial meeting on Monday.<br />"The government came up with three policy directions under the plan which are scaling down dependence on carbon in all economic sectors, creating a low carbon industrial ecosystem and minimizing any disadvantages generated during the transition. The government will also work to strengthen the groundwork for implementing these policies."<br />The government will reduce the country's reliance on industries containing large carbon emitters including steel and petrochemicals.<br />It will encourage high-carbon emitting industries to transform their portfolios so that they are more focused on low carbon businesses.<br />And it will support those industries to minimize any fallout suffered by workers and companies during the transition period.<br />The government also plans to develop new growth engines by nurturing promising eco-friendly industries including electric and hydrogen cars and rechargeable batteries.<br />EV charging stations are to be installed for 20 million households nationwide and the use of green hydrogen is to be expanded by up to 80 percent by 2050.<br />Eum Ji-young Arirang News.<br />
