https://www.scmp.com/rss/512524/feed Erin Eunseo Choi is a climate and energy campaigner in Greenpeace East Asia’s Seoul office. She currently leads the office’s transport campaign urging automobile companies and the Korean government to transition to zero-emission vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. She is a graduate of Chung-Ang University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Few expected South Korea’s new president, who was inaugurated on Tuesday, to be a strong advocate for climate action. Yoon Suk-yeol is known for his hawkish foreign policy stance and conservative views on social issues. Yet, buried within Yoon’s campaign promises is a commitment that would set South Korea’s auto industry apart as one of the most progressive in Asia. In his election pledge book, Yoon committed to ban the new registration of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. A ban on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3177143/south-koreas-new-president-must-keep-his-pledge-bold-switch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3177143/south-koreas-new-president-must-keep-his-pledge-bold-switch?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2022 04:15:18 +0000