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Gwangju City News Reprinted from the Gwangju Metropolitan City Hall website.
Gwangju City to Be Carbon-Free by 2045
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tarting in 2021, Gwangju City will be promoting the Gwangju General Plan for the AI-Green New Deal to realize a “carbon-neutral energy-independent city in 2045.” In August 2020, the Gwangju community declared a “climate crisis emergency,” and the Gwangju General Plan for the AI-Green New Deal was announced. From the policy establishment to the implementation stage, public-private governance was formed in which the administration, government, industry, civil society organizations, and experts participated, while the “CarbonNeutral Cities Promotion Committee” is to be launched in early February, and operations will begin in earnest. For 2021, the AI-Green New Deal will invest separate private capital of 347.7 billion won for 62 projects under three strategies of “creating a green transition city, climate-safe city, and green industrial city.”
In the field of green energy conversion, 800 million won (of which 400 million won will be private capital) will be invested in the Citizens Solar Power Plant Installation Project, which will create funds from installing solar power facilities. Two-hundred million won will be invested to create an energy conversion village-hub center to support energy-conversion education and civic-led activities. The high-tech industrial complex, which was designated as the Green Energy ESS Power Regulatory Free Zone in November last year, will invest 19.5 billion won from this year to promote private-oriented power demonstration projects. In the construction sector, 16 billion won will be invested in green remodeling projects of 3,500 households and 47 facilities, such as national daycare centers, health centers, and public medical centers, to improve energy use and the living environment. In the transportation sector, 44 billion won will be invested, starting with the first six hydrogen city buses introduced in December 2020, and gradually expanded in 2021. Also to be
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As a first step, it will establish a mid- to long-term road map for realizing carbon-neutral energy independence by 2045, set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by stage and field, and check the implementation status annually. At the same time, the climate crisis response preliminary review system and
performance management common indicators will be in effect to ensure execution.
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