2009-11-17 10:35:36
WAM Seoul, Nov. 17th 2009 (WAM) -- South Korea has decided on a 30 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from levels predicted for 2020.

According to Seoul's presidential office this move will set one of the most aggressive voluntary goals to roll back climate change.

The decision was approved at a weekly Cabinet meeting chaired by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

The goal is to cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from its forecast, or business as usual (BAU), level in 2020. This would be equivalent to reducing the country's emission by 4 percent from its 2005 level, the presidential office said.

South Korea's move precedes a U.N. summit in Copenhagen next month to thrash out a new deal on global warming to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.

B.I Min WAM/AMIR