An environmental activist speaks at a press conference on the effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions as part of the climate strike in Seoul, South Korea on September 24, 2021. PHOTO AP SEOUL -- South Korea has decided to cut its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the industrial sector, but it still maintains the overall reduction target by 2030.
The Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth said that the industrial sector was required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 11.4 percent from the 2018 levels by 2030.
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It was lower than the reduction target of 14.5 percent unveiled in 2021 under the previous government.
Domestic factors such as the supply and demand of raw materials and technology prospects contributed to the downward revision.
The presidential commission maintained its emissions reduction target of 40 percent compared to the 2018 levels by 2030.
The emissions in the renewable energy sector have been reduced by 45.9 percent compared to the 2018 levels by 2030, up from the previous target of 44.4 percent.
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The commission said it will speed up the transition to clean energy by lowering coal power generation and increasing the output of nuclear power plants and renewable energy.