Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  No, There’s no direct reference to women or gender in the INDC.
   

• Context for the reference:
  No reference to gender or women.
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  No, Women are not clearly positioned in the INDC. We can only speculate that women were considered during the participatory planning of the document as there is mention of an eclectic array of stakeholders being involved.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:
  Yes, The process of the development of the NDC was highly participatory with the establishment of a dedicated task force comprising relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Environment (MOE) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), chaired by the Prime Minister’s Office. There was also a joint working group comprising of research institutions who conducted a technical analysis to come up with the 2030 mitigation target. The results of the technical analysis were reviewed by different stakeholders drawn from Civil Society and business and feedback collected through public hearings and a forum hosted by the national assembly.
   

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:
  Yes, The country has a domestic monitoring, reporting and verification system to monitor businesses with large amounts of GHG emissions in the industry, power generation. Building and transport sectors. The NDC also states that the country will develop a detailed plan to implement the mitigation target.
  
  
• Implementation:
  Yes, The country plans to reduce GHG emissions by 37% from the BAU level by 2030 across all sectors.
  
  
• Reference to Any National Policy document:
  - Act on the allocation and trading of GHG emission permits (2012)

  - Emissions trading scheme (2015) 

  - Green building Standards Code

Governance

• Reference to gender or women:
  No, There is no direct reference to women or gender in the NDC.
   

• Context for the reference:
  Yes, It appears that the gender reference is cross-cutting as there is no direct mention of gender or women in the mitigation and adaptation contributions. Certain implementation actions also seem to be targeting women and other vulnerable populations such as the children, youth and elderly.
   

• The ways in which women are positioned in the NDC:
  Yes, Although not directly mentioned, women appear to be positioned as beneficiaries of projects. It can also be assumed that they are positioned as decision makers since the process of developing the updated NDC was highly participatory.
   

Planning

• The existence of gender-responsive budgeting in the NDC:
  No mention.
   

• The existence of a participatory planning process for the NDC:

  Yes, Similar to the development of the INDC, the review process was equally participatory following the predecessor’s consultative structure.

Implementation

• The existence of a mechanism or process for monitoring or implementing the NDC:

  Yes there is an MRV process.
  
  

• Implementation:
  Yes, The updated NDC targets a reduction of GHG emissions of 24.4%. by 2030 which they term as a more transparent and more predictable than the target relative to BAU emissions projections from the previous NDC. The NDC also mentions in its key updates, ambitious targets in reducing one fourth of the total GHG emissions within 10 years from the base year of 2017; including banning construction of new coal fired power plants.
  
  
• Reference to Any National Policy document:
  - The 2030 Basic Roadmap for Achieving the National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Target (2030 Roadmap)
  - The Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth
  - National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2011-2015)
  - The 2nd Basic Plan for Climate Change Response
  - Korean Green New Deal

Republic of Korea