Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Reflect Carbon Neutrality Response in Mid- to Long-Term Plans

The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport held a joint forum on the 24th to discuss the ‘Integrated Land and Environment Management Plan’ for sustainable development.

At the forum, the two ministries shared the progress of their respective research efforts to revise the Ministry of Environment’s ‘5th National Environmental Comprehensive Plan’ and the Ministry of Land’s ‘5th National Land Comprehensive Plan.’ These plans were created in 2019, and the government is currently working on revising them to incorporate carbon neutrality response strategies. The revision will also include refined statistics on greenhouse gas absorption and emissions in the land and urban sectors, along with specific implementation measures.

The Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Land held their first meeting on June 27. At that meeting, they agreed to propose an eco-friendly and sustainable direction for national land development that corresponds to population decline and climate change.

Kim Tae-o, Director General of the Nature Conservation Bureau at the Ministry of Environment, stated, “Since the National Environmental Comprehensive Plan and the National Land Comprehensive Plan are the highest-level statutory plans of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Land, the integrated management of this revision plan will serve as a cornerstone for future collaboration between the two ministries.” Ahn Se-chang, Director of Land Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, explained, “Through collaboration between the two ministries, we will establish response strategies that consider long-term risks such as climate change when revising the 5th National Land Comprehensive Plan.”

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