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Over the past five years, Seoul has been implementing the “A Thousand Forests, A Thousand Gardens” project (2014-2018) to create forests and gardens, marking the smooth start towards the goal of planting 30 million trees by 2022. Last year, the city announced “The Giving Tree Project 2022-3000” to plant 30 million trees by 2022 with...   Read more

Mayor Park Won-soon took part in the “COVID-19 Cooperative Countermeasures Video Conference” with 45 mayors of major cities around the world at the Mayor’s Office on March 27 (Fri.) at 11:15 p.m. to introduce Seoul’s quarantine experience and know-hows for preemptive action against COVID-19. Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, the chair of the global...   Read more

The city of Seoul has now integrated its website’s Air Quality Information and Particulate Matter Information. On March 16, Seoul reorganized the Air Quality Information website to become an integrated version so that the public can quickly and conveniently browse information on particulate matter levels and air quality. At the very top of the reorganized...   Read more

This year, Seoul will be creating “Seoul-type Urban Vegetable Gardens” boasting a total area of 52,989 ㎡ in 264 places, including rooftops of buildings, social welfare centers, and schools. The scale will be 7.4 times larger than that of a soccer field and a total of KRW 4.6 billion will be invested as the budget....   Read more

Seoul will be supporting the distribution of the building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system that can be installed on buildings’ exteriors, such as outer walls, windows and doors, and curtain walls, where the establishment of photovoltaic systems was once unavailable. Seoul announced it will launch a pilot project to provide subsidies for up to 80% of installation...   Read more

Seoul has been fostering and supporting Seoul-type Green Industries* through the establishment and operation of high-quality support programs and tailor-made support hub for green SMEs. * Seoul-type Green Industries: Renewable energy, LED, green car, green architecture, green service, green IT, urban resource circulation The Green Technology Center has been providing green SMEs and those who...   Read more

As of the end of 2019, Seoul successfully distributed 20,000 electric vehicles (2009-2019). This year, the city greatly increased the target supply to 10,000 and will start receiving applications for the subsidy on February 17, with the goal of reducing particulate matter and greenhouse gases through the popularization of eco-friendly vehicles. The target supply of...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government expands its support for the “Building Retrofit Project,” a measure to reduce the GHG emitted from buildings, which amounts to 68 percent out of all GHG emissions, by offering low-interest loans for construction expenses to improve the energy efficiency of facilities. The Building Retrofit Project is a project in which the...   Read more

To promote the utilization of rainwater as a precious water resource, Seoul will support up to 90 percent (against the standard installation fee) of the installation costs of rain banks (rain utility facilities). ○ Support ceiling amounts to KRW 2 million for a small rain bank and KRW 20 million for a rain bank in...   Read more

Starting this year, Seoul will be supporting funds to not only plants but also individuals and companies will be able to use photovoltaic devices on automobiles. Particularly, companies that install and operate small-scale photovoltaic facilities in private buildings can benefit from additional incentives considering generation quantity. To encourage companies to establish photovoltaic facilities without the...   Read more

With the Paris Agreement scheduled to be implemented after 2020 and the globally-spreading climate crisis, mayors, officials of international organizations, and citizens from 36 cities in 25 countries will gather in Seoul to discuss the matter of overcoming the climate crisis. Seoul will host the ｢Seoul Mayors Forum on Climate Change 2019｣ (hereinafter, “Mayors Forum”)...   Read more

Seoul will be hosting the Korea International Renewable Energy Conference Seoul 2019, the largest private-sector renewable energy conference in the world, together with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and REN21, an international nonprofit organization. The event will take place on October 23 (Wed.) – 25 (Fri.), 2019 at COEX. IREC (International Renewable Energy...   Read more