A new report shows South Korea’s carbon emission rate rose at the fastest pace among developed countries.
According to the International Energy Agency, the average carbon emission for each citizen among member-nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) fell by about seven-point-two percent from ten-point-29 tons in 1990 to nine-point-55 tons in 2013.
But South Korea’s emission for every person increased from five-point-four tons to eleven-point-39 tons in the same period, an increase of about 110-point-eight percent.
This was the fastest rate among OECD countries. Chile followed in second with an increase of 108-point-two percent and Turkey in third at 62-point-four percent.
Slovakia cut its carbon emission rate by 42-point-two percent, the highest drop among OECD nations. Hungary cut its rate by 37 percent and Luxembourg by 36-point-two percent. Sweden decreased its rate by 35-point-eight percent and Estonia by 35-point-six percent.