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Koreas Green New Deal between short-term political goals and long-term structural change

  • 2021
  • Choi, Hyun-Ah Climate Change and Sustainable Development : The Need for International Cooperation
  • Aufsatz/Enthaltenes Werk
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, South Korea was one of the first countries answering with a large-scale deficit-spending programme at the same time purporting to tackle the issue of growth and green transformation. This Green New Deal won worldwide acclaim, even when details of it were scarce. But what does it really mean? Is it merely greenwashing of government spending, or will it be able to bring South Korea to a growth path at the same time stable, carbonneutral and sustainable?

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