Korea's clean energy shift: drivers, obstacles, and outcomes

In the wake of the UN’s COP 26 Climate Change Conference, the devastating economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global energy crisis, governments of varying political persuasions are hoping for a green-led economic recovery – investment in renewable and clean technologies to both create jobs and address climate change. For a case study they should consider South Korea. A research project funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant looks at why South Korea and other East Asian countries are taking this approach. The study has been conducted by Elizabeth Thurbon, Sung-Young Kim, Hao Tan, and John Mathews.