Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on the morning of the 2nd chaired the 2nd "3+α meeting" at the Seoul prime minister's official residence and discussed ways to establish the 2035 national greenhouse gas reduction target (NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution).
Attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol, Deputy Prime Minister for Science and Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Yun-duk, and Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination Yoon Chang-ryeol.
The 2035 NDC under discussion by the government is a greenhouse gas reduction target that each country sets on its own and submits to the United Nations (UN) under the Paris Agreement, and each country must submit a new target within this year. The Paris Agreement is an international accord adopted in 2015 to limit the rise in the global average temperature to within 1.5 C.
Of the 195 parties worldwide, about 60 have completed submitting their targets, and many countries are expected to announce new targets on the occasion of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the climate convention, to be held this month in Belém, Brazil.
The government also began work on setting the 2035 target last year, and since on Sept. 19 has held a total of six nationwide public debates and conducted consultations with relevant ministries.
An official at the prime minister's office said, "At the meeting, we discussed in depth the level of the 2035 reduction target, focusing on a 'responsible and feasible plan.'"
Going forward, the government plans to closely review and supplement the impacts by institutional sector, then finalize the plan through deliberation and resolution at a Cabinet meeting after a public hearing and discussions at the Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission (CNGC).