By Kim Se-jeong
The Seoul Metropolitan Government, together with Paris and London, will collect data on car emissions and publish them online, in an effort to fight climate change and air pollution.
The three cities are members of C40, a group of 40 cities around the world with high greenhouse gas emission levels, and Wednesday's move is expected to set an example for other cities.
Under the Global Car Scoring System, the cities will collect nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions levels and fuel efficiency for all types of vehicles, score them according to emission levels and share the information with the public. What distinguishes the system from others is that the emissions tests will be done on the roads, not in a laboratory, which enabled Volkswagen to cheat emissions tests on its vehicles.
Currently, each city has its own system to inform the public about car emissions and influence consumers' decisions, and the new system is expected to unify them into one single standard.
"It's critical to curb emissions from cars. Through the Global Car Scoring System, we hope to achieve ‘airvolution,'" Mayor Park Won-soon said.
London is scheduled to kickstart the system later this year.
Seoul has its own version of the scoring system, and the new measure will require an amendment to the air pollution law.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government, together with Paris and London, will collect data on car emissions and publish them online, in an effort to fight climate change and air pollution.
The three cities are members of C40, a group of 40 cities around the world with high greenhouse gas emission levels, and Wednesday's move is expected to set an example for other cities.
Under the Global Car Scoring System, the cities will collect nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions levels and fuel efficiency for all types of vehicles, score them according to emission levels and share the information with the public. What distinguishes the system from others is that the emissions tests will be done on the roads, not in a laboratory, which enabled Volkswagen to cheat emissions tests on its vehicles.
Currently, each city has its own system to inform the public about car emissions and influence consumers' decisions, and the new system is expected to unify them into one single standard.
"It's critical to curb emissions from cars. Through the Global Car Scoring System, we hope to achieve ‘airvolution,'" Mayor Park Won-soon said.
London is scheduled to kickstart the system later this year.
Seoul has its own version of the scoring system, and the new measure will require an amendment to the air pollution law.
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