Seongdong-gu Climate Change Response Plan Research Project Initiation

Efforts through various projects such as 'Keeping Global Temperature Rise to 1.5 Degrees', 'Creating Eco-Friendly Government Buildings', and 'Banning Single-Use Items in Government Offices'... Jung Won-oh, Seongdong District Mayor, "Promoting a Carbon Neutral Leading City with a Systematic Mid- to Long-Term Climate Change Response Plan Suited to Our Local Conditions"

A campaign to reduce the use of disposable products is being conducted at the entrance on the first floor of Seongdong-gu Office.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) has launched a research project on the ‘Seongdong-gu Climate Change Response Plan’ to create a leading carbon-neutral city by 2050, embarking on a concrete and systematic response to climate change.

Last December, the government established the national greenhouse gas reduction target and the ‘National 2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy’ and submitted it to the UN, making the role of local governments as practical implementers of the 2050 carbon neutrality strategy and the Green New Deal promotion extremely important.

Accordingly, the district plans to establish a long-term comprehensive plan from 2022 to 2031, including greenhouse gas reduction and climate change adaptation measures, and from this year to 2025, a detailed implementation plan for climate change adaptation measures, contributing to enhancing the region’s climate change adaptation capacity and resilience.

In particular, the detailed implementation plan will evaluate the completed first phase measures, analyze local conditions and characteristics, understand and forecast the current status of climate change, and derive risks through regional impact and vulnerability assessments, preparing specific plans to address vulnerabilities caused by climate change.

Since joining the Carbon Neutral Local Government Action Alliance in July last year, the district has been leading environmental preservation by promoting various projects such as ‘Protecting the Earth’s Temperature at 1.5 Degrees’ and the ‘Seongdong-type Green New Deal Project’ to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

Especially, taking the lead in energy saving from the public sector, the district signed an MOU last month with a local social innovation research institute to create the ‘Seongdong Eco Government Building,’ distributing over 1,100 shared cups called ‘Ecozen Tumblers’ to all departments, and practicing ‘government building energy saving,’ ‘ban on single-use products,’ and ‘vegetarian meal operation,’ making every effort to reduce greenhouse gases.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “Through the establishment of this climate change response plan, we will prepare various climate crisis response measures suitable for our district’s conditions and promote a leading carbon-neutral city,” and urged, “Please practice from things you can keep in daily life, such as not using disposable products, and let’s all work together.”

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