Korea-China Environment Ministers' Meeting Held... Han Hwajin: "Efforts to Reduce Fine Dust Must Continue"

Han Hwa-jin, Minister of Environment

Han Hwa-jin, Minister of Environment of South Korea, held the 6th Korea-China Annual Environment Ministers' Meeting with Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, on the 12th, stating that "efforts to reduce fine dust between the two countries must continue."

The meeting was held via video conference ahead of the 25th Korea-Japan-China Environment Ministers' Meeting (TEMM25), scheduled to take place in Jeju this November. The Korea-China Environment Ministers' Meeting has been held annually since February 2019, when the two countries agreed to strengthen policy cooperation.

On the day, Minister Han mentioned that "the concentration of ultrafine dust is improving in both countries," but also noted that "due to the impact of climate change, winter temperatures are expected to rise, and atmospheric stagnation is likely to occur frequently." Minister Han also shared South Korea's efforts and plans to address the yellow dust issue with neighboring countries such as Mongolia, and explored cooperation measures regarding the achievements of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Minister Han stated, "Since the joint declaration of the Korea-Japan-China summit includes many environmental agendas of the three countries, trilateral environmental cooperation is very important," and added, "South Korea will continue to work closely with Japan and China on environmental issues such as fine dust, biodiversity, plastics, and yellow dust."

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