Ulsan Carbon Neutral Goal by 2050 … City of Ulsan Prepares Medium and Long Term Promotion Plan



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The city of Ulsan declared this year the first year of ‘2050 Ulsan carbon neutral’ and began to pursue a strategy for its realization.

Ulsan Mayor Song Chul-ho announced the completion of the carbon-neutral city of Ulsan in 2050 at the City Hall Citizens’ Hall on the 4th and announced a macroscopic vision and implementation strategy. Mayor Song said: “The declaration of a carbon neutral city is a courageous decision and a determination for future generations of Ulsan beyond the present.” “As this is a vision that can only be realized when it has the support of an active citizen, we ask for their interest and participation.”

Carbon neutrality is the concept of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide emitted by individuals, companies and organizations, to zero. It means counteracting pollution by planting trees as much as the amount of greenhouse gases emitted or by investing in clean energy fields like wind and solar power. After the Paris Agreement, which came into force in 2016, 121 countries, including Korea, have joined the ‘2050 Carbon Neutral Target Climate Alliance’, which has become a global hot topic. Mayor Song’s vision for a carbon neutral city is △ Ulsan-like energy conversion △ Innovative low-carbon industrial ecosystem △ Shift urban operation to a decarbonization system △ Expand natural carbon sinks (green vaccines) △ Establish a public carbon neutral Private collaboration system for citizens and companies There are five.

The Ulsan-type energy transformation, which emphasized that the Song market is the key to achieving carbon neutrality, is to change the energy system focused on fossil fuels into an environmentally friendly low-carbon energy system by fostering the hydrogen industry and creating a floating power system. offshore wind farm. The city has created a new innovative low-carbon industrial ecosystem by revitalizing the Free Economic Zone and creating a free regulatory zone for the use of carbon dioxide resources and a Jiangsu R&D zone, enabling local companies voluntarily cover 100% of the electricity used with renewable energy and carbon neutrality, and decided to actively support the training of experts. Additionally, the nation’s first hydrogen tram system, which includes the supply of hydrogen and electric vehicles and the introduction of hydrogen trams, will reduce the carbon footprint, introduce a total greenhouse gas system in buildings and establish a virtuous resource circulation system.

The city decided to expand natural carbon sinks and increase urban immunity by expanding ecological green areas throughout the city center, such as the creation of ‘urban wind path forests’ and fine dust reduction forests focused on the Taehwa River National Garden.

In addition, the city of Ulsan operates a carbon neutrality committee and working group to establish a carbon neutral public-private cooperation system for citizens and businesses to thoroughly verify the carbon neutral implementation system step by step. and organize a discussion meeting with citizens to achieve carbon neutrality. I plan to expand it. The next month, the city organized a meeting with the Ulsan Institute to gather opinions from citizens, industry, academia, research, and government experts, and formed a carbon neutrality committee and task force in April, then implemented the neutrality of carbon 2050 in time for Environment Day in June. It is planned to proclaim a concrete vision and an implementation strategy for Reporter Choi Chang-hwan [email protected]

Gyeongsang Ilbo, KSILBO



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