8. South Korea
Emissions – 610,065.60 Ktons CO2
With all the factories running in Korea, the country’s emissions are increasingly high. 610 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2014 is a really big number and one that affects the local climate as well as the global situation. Various pollutants and greenhouse gases caused by the industrialisation of the area, as well as the population increase, have impacted the country in many ways. For instance, the annual temperature has modified, rainfall amounts have changed, precipitations have suffered changes too. The record minimum temperature has decreased, while maximum precipitation during the summer has increased.
The country has a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent by 2030. Without the measures they plan to take in the next 14 years, Korea’s emissions are projected to reach 850.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, which is something they plan not to let happen.
