The
scheme,
set
to
start
in
2015,
will
see
Korea
join
a
growing
number
of
countries
to
put
a
price
on
carbon
and
encourage
industry
to
become
more
energy
efficient.
Korea
is
the
world’s
eighth-largest
emitter
of
CO
2,
with
emissions
reaching
around
640
million
tonnes
in
2011,
up
from
350
million
tonnes
in
1990.
That
makes
it
the
fastest-growing
source
among
OECD
countries,
according
to
Bloomberg
New
Energy
Finance.
The
new
emissions
trading
scheme
is
likely
to
cover
60%
of
the
country's
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
targetting
companies
producing
more
than
25,000
tonnes
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