2015, which included the target of reducing GHG emissions by 37 per cent below the
'business as usual' level by 2030. Guided by the revised road map for achieving the national
GHG reduction target for 2030, the Party updated its NDC in 2020, which aimed to cut total
national GHG emissions by 24.4 per cent compared with the 2017 level (709.1 Mt CO eq)
by 2030. Following the enactment of the framework act on climate neutrality in 2021, the
Republic of Korea again updated its NDC in 2021 to further enhance its emission reduction
target (i.e. to reduce total national GHG emissions by 40 per cent compared with the 2018
level (727.6 Mt CO eq) by 2030, which amounts to a reduction of 291 Mt CO eq). The TTE
acknowledged the information, which is presented in this summary report as contextual,
without assessing the completeness and transparency of the information.