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Asking right questions to overcome climate crisis

A scorching heat wave is hitting South Korea right now. The temperature has already risen close to 37 degrees Celsius and most parts of the country have been under an emergency heat wave warning since last weekend.

2021-07-27 16:59

Ruling party leader risk to 2050 carbon neutrality in Korea

Severe heat waves are currently devastating the United States, with California recording the highest temperature of 54 degrees Celsius. It seems that rare extreme weather events are happening a lot more often.

2021-06-29 17:00

Long way to become climate leader

In 2016, Climate Home, a climate change online news outlet, named South Korea a world “climate villain” together with Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. The report was based on the analysis from Climate Action Tracker (CAT), an independent scientific research organization.

2021-05-25 17:00

No more excuse for climate inaction

There is no magic bullet in curbing carbon emissions from fossil fuels to tackle the global climate emergency. We need to put our priority on increasing energy efficiency and replacing the use of fossil fuels with renewable sources.

2021-04-18 17:02

Nuclear power is not answer to climate emergency

It has already been 10 years since the catastrophic triple reactor meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant on 11 March 2011. As the latest Greenpeace report - “Fukushima Daiichi 2011-2021: The Decontamination Myth and a Decade of Human Rights Violations” - reveals, widespread contamination remains, and it is still a very real threat to long-term human health and the environment.

2021-03-22 16:45

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