Asia's Developing Future

Republic of Korea needs green finance to meet climate change commitments


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Citizens of the Republic of Korea know the country needs to change how it generates energy. They breathe in evidence of that need every day. Ultra-fine dust covers the whole country; more of it than in any other country in the OECD.
As a recent working paper for the Asian Development Bank Institute points out, companies and private citizens have yet to fully endorse the idea of going green despite more than two decades of government efforts to address climate change.
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About the authors
Deokkyo Oh is a research fellow at the Korea Corporate Governance Service in Seoul.
Sang-Hyup Kim is an adjunct professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Science and Technology in Seoul.
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