Newly-elected president reportedly looking at scrapping country's focus on fossil fuels and nuclear in favour of investing in clean energy and natural gas
President Moon Jae-in moves swiftly to order temporary shutdown of some of the country's oldest coal power plants in bid to tackle smog crisis
Some 97 countries, representing almost 70 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, have now ratified
Country's largest utility aims to install 500MW of energy storage capacity to help balance supply and demand by the end of 2017
New 24MW storage system is the world's largest lithium ion installation for matching supply and demand
Report offers a range of best practice initiatives to help policy makers make an immediate push to cut emissions
Carbon pricing is set to raise $22bn this year, as Vietnam adopts its own carbon market and China tightens cap-and-trade regulations
Jonathan Grant and Rob Milnes warn countries like South Korea are setting their own baselines to make their climate change pledges look better than they really are
Asian powerhouse to submit higher reductions than expected today as contribution to global emissions reduction deal
Emissions trading scheme officially comes online this week, promising a further boost to global carbon market