KOREA’S COMMITMENT HYPOCRISY: JAWA 9 & 10 SCANDAL

South Korea ratified the Paris Agreement as an effort to reduce carbon emissions. South Korean President Moon Jae-In is also committed to no longer build a new coal-fired power plant. Now, South Korea is more focused on building power plants from renewable energy sources. The aim is none other than to protect its people from the effects of pollution.
It turns out that South Korea's commitment applies only at their home. South Korea, through its government-run public financial institutions, is about to poured an investment fund of 1.3 billion US dollars for the Suralaya Unit 9 & 10 coal-fired power plant project, Banten. In fact, South Korea is one of the top three financiers of coal-fired power plant in the world that has built many stations in the Southeast Asian region.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) explained that coal is accounted for 44% of total global CO2 emissions. Harvard University and Greenpeace Indonesia Research in 2015 on the Impact of Air Pollution of Coal Power Plants in Indonesia towards Health also revealed that coal power plant is one of the biggest contributors to air pollution. Air pollution can cause an increased risk of lung cancer, stroke, heart attack and respiratory problems.
We heard heartbreaking stories of affected people living around the Suralaya Power Plant project and documented them. #TrendAsia #TransformingEnergy #PLTUSuralaya