Overview of the Republic of Korea's Green Growth National Vision

This report is produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as part of its Green Economy Initiative. The purpose of this report is to present an overview of the Republic of Korea’s strategies and policy goals set under National Strategy for Green Growth announced in August 2008. The report also examines Korea’s Green New Deal launched in January 2009 along with the Five-Year Plan for Green Growth released in July 2009. The objectives of the review are: 1) to analyze the change in strategic thinking and economic policy in the Republic of Korea, towards green growth; 2) to outline the plans that the Republic of Korea has put in place to achieve this vision; 3) to discuss the general approach and elements of the Republic of Korea’s National Strategy for Green Growth relative to the issues outlined in UNEP’s publication “Global Green New Deal: A Policy Brief”, published in March 2009.