UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised South Korea Thursday for combatting the novel coronavirus while simultaneously fighting global climate change.
The country was providing a “remarkable example” of how “the two things are often put together,” Guterres told journalists during a news conference.
Under a so-called Green Deal, South Korea has put together what Guterres called “very ambitious” plans for a post-coronavirus economic recovery which include a discount of emissions and coal-fired plants.
Earlier within the day, South Korea reported no new locally transmitted coronavirus cases for the primary time since the disease was detected within the country more than two months ago.
“The Republic of Korea has been extremely successful in addressing COVID?19,” Guterres said.
Eradication of the virus including an environmentally friendly, socially inclusive economic recovery “is an example that ought to be followed everywhere” Guterres said.
According to the UN, the very fact that containing the pandemic has led to reduced greenhouse emission emissions shows how drastically the climate crisis affects humanity, threatening many people across the world.
