“We will actively play the role of ‘green ladder’ for countries vulnerable to climate change” |

President Yoon Seok-yeol said at the G20 summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the 19th, “We will actively play the role of a ‘green ladder’ for countries vulnerable to climate change.” This means that Korea will play a role connecting developing countries and developed countries in overcoming the climate crisis.

According to the President’s Office, President Yoon emphasized Korea’s role, including continuing the policy of expanding green official development assistance (ODA) to support climate-vulnerable countries, at the third session of the G20 summit held this morning under the theme of ‘sustainable development and energy transition.’ did it

President Yoon first emphasized the role and importance of various zero-carbon energy (CFE) initiatives, including nuclear energy, in achieving the ‘2050 carbon neutrality’ goal and bridging the energy transition gap, and requested support from G20 leaders. This means that we will strive to internationally expand the ‘CFE Initiative’, which was launched at the Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting in October this year.

President Yoon then emphasized, “Efforts to transform energy must go hand in hand to achieve greater innovation in plastic pollution response and digital innovation,” adding, “As a leading digital country, Korea will actively pursue ‘digital carbon neutrality’ together with the G20.” . A high-ranking official from the President’s Office met with reporters on the 18th and said, “The summit declaration contains details on efforts to reduce plastics that reflect the implications of the 5th Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee meeting for the drafting of the United Nations Plastics Convention, which will be held in Busan, Korea next week. “I went in,” he said. In addition, as digital cutting-edge technology develops, energy consumption increases, so the use and distribution of various clean energy sources is necessary.

Previously, in the first session with the theme of ‘Social Inclusion and Eradication of Hunger and Poverty,’ President Yoon said, “We will serve as a bridge to prosperity between developing countries and developed countries.” To this end, Korea pledged to increase Korea’s contribution to the 21st financial replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) by 45% compared to three years ago to KRW 845.6 billion. IDA is a World Bank (WB) organization that provides long-term, low-interest grants or grant aid mainly to low-income countries. Normally, financial resources are replenished every three years.

The G20 summit declaration, which consists of 85 articles, reflects four major topics proposed by President Yoon. △ Urge each country to make efforts to secure sound finances (paragraph 5) △ Efforts to reduce plastics reflecting the implications of the ‘5th Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee Meeting for the Drafting of the UN Plastics Convention’ held in Busan (paragraph 58) △ Inclusiveness, safety, innovation Principle-based use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) (Article 77) △ Deepening international solidarity by expanding carbon-free energy (CFE) in responding to the climate crisis (Article 42), etc. There are four.