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NDC Quantification
Pledges to pathways
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NDC Quantification
Pledges to pathways
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NDC Quantification
Korea, Republic of’s latest quantified pledge puts emissions 93–98% below 2019 levels by 2050.
Pledges to pathways
NDC Quantification
Korea, Republic of’s latest quantified pledge puts emissions 93–98% below 2019 levels by 2050.
Data release 21 October 2026, reflecting the latest submissions
2030 target
446Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2021SAR, incl. LULUCF
2035 target
291 – 350Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2025AR5, incl. LULUCF
2050 target
Net zero
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2025AR5
These figures use each pledge’s own scope. The chart below measures every pledge the same way, so its numbers can differ.
Pledges to pathways
Every target Korea, Republic of has communicated, turned into an emissions pathway and set against its observed emissions.
Total greenhouse-gas emissions excl. LULUCF for Korea, Republic of, AR6 GWP-100. Shaded bands show the range of published interpretations of each pledge.
Notes: Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Data as of the 21 October 2026 data release
Indicators
Observed values up to 2024. Later years follow the quantified pledge pathway.
2019
763
Mt CO₂-eq
2024
709
Mt CO₂-eq
−7% vs 2019
2030 · projected
467
Mt CO₂-eq
−39% vs 2019
2035 · projected
365
Mt CO₂-eq
−52% vs 2019
2050 · projected
53
Mt CO₂-eq
−93% vs 2019
Scope & conditionality
Coverage and conditionality are derived from our structured assessment of each submission. Each target is shown as submitted, in its own scope. The chart above measures every pledge the same way (AR6, excl. LULUCF), so its numbers can differ.
Unconditionally: 40.0% below 2018 levels.
Unconditional
446 Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2021
Unconditionally: 53.0–61.0% below 2018 levels.
Unconditional
291 – 350 Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2025
Unconditionally: A target range. The high end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: all gases. The median end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: only CO2.
Unconditional
0 Mt CO₂-eq
From the NDC submitted in Dec 2025
Unconditionally: A target range. The low end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: only CO2. The high end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: all gases.
Unconditional
0 Mt CO₂-eq
From the LT-LEDS submitted in Dec 2020
“Economy-wide”: the target covers all major sectors. “All gases”: covers the full basket of greenhouse gases. “incl. LULUCF”: includes land use, land-use change and forestry. “SAR”: gases aggregated using IPCC Second Assessment Report 100-year global warming potentials. “AR5”: gases aggregated using IPCC AR5 100-year global warming potentials.
Submission history
We have quantified every NDC and long-term strategy Korea, Republic of has submitted since 2015, including the pledges it has since superseded, so the evolution of ambition reads oldest to newest.
NDCs and INDCs
INDC · Jun 2015
2030
Unconditionally: A 37.0% reduction of emissions compared to business-as-usual emissions.
NDC · Nov 2016
2030
Unconditionally: A 37.0% reduction of emissions compared to business-as-usual emissions.
NDC · Dec 2020
2030
Unconditionally: 24.4% below 2017 levels.
NDC · Dec 2021
Active
2030
Unconditionally: 40.0% below 2018 levels.
NDC · Dec 2025
Active
20352050
Unconditionally: 53.0–61.0% below 2018 levels. Unconditionally: A target range. The high end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: all gases. The median end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: only CO2.
Long-term strategies
LT-LEDS · Dec 2020
Active
2050
Unconditionally: A target range. The low end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: only CO2. The high end of ambition is: Net zero emissions. Coverage: all gases.
We publish our quantification of each new submission within days of it reaching the UNFCCC registry.
Using the data
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