‘Haenam-gun Advocating Carbon Neutrality’ Launches Lifestyle Practice Campaign Movement

1st Anniversary of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Vision Declaration, Efforts to Expand Practical Actions in Daily Life

[Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, is launching a carbon-neutral lifestyle practice relay campaign involving departments, towns, institutions, and organizations to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in response to the climate crisis.

According to the county on the 3rd, at the regular meeting held on the 2nd, they took the first step by commemorating the first anniversary of the 2050 Carbon Neutral Vision Declaration with the reading and oath of the carbon neutrality practice declaration for realizing carbon neutrality.

Through the declaration, all public officials pledged to actively practice ten daily carbon-neutral lifestyle tasks that can be done in everyday life and at work, such as using stairs instead of elevators, commuting on foot, and practicing waste separation. Additionally, during various meetings in towns and townships, they plan to focus on achieving carbon neutrality goals and spreading the carbon-neutral mindset through education and promotion to residents.

Carbon neutrality aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, emitted by individuals, companies, and organizations to zero. Since the Paris Agreement came into effect in 2016, 121 countries have joined the ‘2050 Carbon Neutral Goal Climate Alliance,’ making it a global issue.

The county is fostering the National Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center and the Carbon Neutral Edu Center as key hubs for climate change response and carbon neutrality. At the same time, they plan to protect Haenam’s clean nature and discover regional joint tasks to reduce carbon emissions across all industrial sectors, including eco-friendly agriculture and fisheries, and actively implement them with public consensus.

Myeong Hyun-gwan, the mayor of Haenam-gun, emphasized, “We will continue to expand the practice relay to transform Ttangkkeut Haenam, the starting point of the Korean Peninsula, into a core strategic area for carbon neutrality and increase public consensus. As the nation’s top clean agricultural and fishery area and the gateway to climate change, Ttangkkeut Haenam will lead the 2050 carbon neutrality strategy.”

Haenam=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun kh0424@asiae.co.kr

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