To build domestic and foreign cooperation and consensus on coal phase-out and climate action policies in response to the new climate regime under the Paris Agreement, which will take effect in 2021, we will hold "2019 International Conference on Coal Phase-out & Climate Action" as follows.
Conference Overview · Theme: Coal Phase-out and Climate Action: Local to Global · Date: October 21st (Monday) to October 22nd (Tuesday), 2019 · Venue: Splas Resom (361 Sadong-ri, Deoksan-myeon, Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea) · Host: Chungcheongnam-do Province (also known as South Chungcheong Province) · Organizer: Chungnam Institute · Sponsor: Ministry of Environment · Participants: participants from international organizations, government agencies, environmental organizations, experts, businesses, residents, etc.
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「Declaration of Climate Emergency by Chungcheongnam-do 」
It is our natural responsibility that we preserve our intact living space and hand down it to the future generation. However, Earth temperature has risen by 1℃ during the last century due to the greenhouse gas resulted from the industrial culture. Scientists are warning that we will face serious global crisis when the rage of temperature rise reaches over 1.5℃.
Chungcheongnam-do is closing down coal-fired thermal power plants by stages and leading the policy to change energy sources to eco-friendly manner. The local government is playing a leading role for the reduction of greenhouse gas by joining the Under 2 Coalition first time in Korea and Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) also first time in Asia respectively in 2018 since it held the 2017 Coal Phase-out International Conference.
However, there is little time to deal with climate crisis as the emission of global greenhouse gas is increasing in spite of our efforts. Chungcheongnam-do assures that it will respond actively to the climate crisis for the safe future from the climate change together with the Provincial Assembly and citizens, and hereby declare the Climate Emergency Situation as the first local government in the East Asia.
First, we expand voluntary participation of the citizens and common sympathy on climate crisis, and make every possible effort to fight back to the climate crisis.
First, we actively support transition to renewable energy and firmly implement the righteous transition policy, targeting early closure of all coal-fired power plants.
First, we reinforce the policy changing from the climate change response to the climate crisis response and make utmost efforts to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emission.
October 22, 2019
YANG Seung-Jo Governor of Chungcheongnam-do YOO Byung-Kook Chairperson of Chungcheongnam-do Provincial Council HWANG Seong-Ryeol Representative Provincial Residents
「충청남도 기후비상상황 선포문」
온전한 삶의 공간을 보전하고 미래 세대에게 물려주는 것은 우리의 당연한 책무입니다. 하지만 지난 100년간 산업문명에 의한 온실가스 증가로 지구온도는 1℃ 이상 상승하였으며, 상승폭이 1.5℃를 넘어설 때 전 지구적으로 심각한 위기에 직면할 것이라고 경고하고 있습니다.
충청남도는 이미 기존 석탄 화력발전소를 단계적으로 폐쇄하고 친환경에너지로 전환하기 위한 정책 추진에 앞장서고 있으며, 2017년 탈석탄 국제 컨퍼런스 개최를 시작으로, 2018년 대한민국 최초로 「언더투 연합」과 아시아 최초로 「탈석탄 동맹」에 가입하여 온실가스 감축에 선도적 역할을 하고 있습니다.
그러나 우리의 노력에도 불구하고 전 세계 온실가스 배출은 늘어만 가고, 기후위기를 막을 수 있는 시간은 얼마 남지 않았습니다. 충청남도는 기후변화로부터 안전한 미래를 만들기 위해 도의회, 도민과 함께 기후위기에 적극적으로 대응할 것을 다짐하며 오늘 동아시아 지방정부 최초로 「기후 비상상황」을 선포합니다.
하나. 기후위기에 대한 도민의 자발적 참여와 공감대를 확산하고 기후위기를 막기 위해 적극 행동한다.
하나. 재생에너지로의 전환을 적극 추진하고, 모든 석탄화력발전의 조속한 폐쇄를 목표로 탈석탄 정의로운 전환 정책을 적극 지원한다.
하나. 기후변화 대응에서 기후위기 대응으로 정책을 강화하고, 2050년까지 온실가스 순배출 제로 달성을 위해 노력한다.
2019. 10. 22.
충청남도 도지사 양승조 충청남도의회 의장 유병국 주민대표 노후석탄화력 범도민대책위 상임위원장 황성렬
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