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Honorable Secretary-General,
Your Excellencies,
I am incredibly pleased to take part in the Climate Ambition Summit, held on the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the first year of its implementation.
I take my hat off to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and my fellow leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Chile, and Italy for organizing the Summit in the midst of immense challenges posed by COVID-19.
In order to build a carbon neutral society by 2050, Korea has devised an inclusive vision aimed at achieving carbon neutrality, economic growth, and higher living standards all at the same time.
The central and local governments as well as the National Assembly have had various discussions on this issue, and Korean people all together committed themselves to carbon neutrality at a special event where we declared our vision for a net-zero future.
Korea is planning to come up with different scenarios about how people can voluntarily practice their commitment in daily lives, and draw and follow a systematic roadmap for every area of society.
Moreover, we will develop green industries through Green New Deal policy combined with digital innovation. Taking the climate crisis as an opportunity for inclusive and sustainable growth, we will create new jobs and share our experience and achievements of Green New Deal policy with all the other countries in the world.
We will also stand with the international community in coordinating a joint global response.
We will formulate our LEDS for achieving a 2050 net-zero target within this year, and submit to UN our 2030 NDC newly converted into absolute terms. Furthermore, we will work towards presenting higher 2030 reductions target at an early date.
In May next year, the 2nd P4G Summit will be held in Seoul. As a host, we will do our utmost so that the international community can work more closely together to overcome the climate crisis. I would like to ask for your profound interest and participation in the 2nd P4G Summit.
Thank you.