S. Korea to face longer heatwave period with current amount of greenhouse gas emissions

'뜨거워지는 한반도' 21세기말 폭염일수 3.5배↑•사과재배 불가No more homegrown apples and rice productivity down 25 percent in this country.That is if greenhouse gas emissions were to continue at their current levels here in South Korea.Not only that, the average temperature here on the Korean peninsula is expected to rise nearly five degrees Celsius by the end of this century.Kim Dami reports.If greenhouse gases in Korea continue to be emitted at current levels, the Peninsula could get so hot that there'll no longer be a good season for growing apples.The country will also face heatwaves more than a month long.According to the Korea Meteorological Administration and the environment ministry, the country currently has heatwaves that last 10 days, so that would be three times longer.Between 1880 and 2012,... the average surface temperature for the planet as a whole went up by point-8-5 degrees Celsius.By comparison, between 1912 and 2017,... Korea's surface temperature rose one-point-eight degrees.That's more than twice as much in a shorter period of time.Monday's report warned further... that if current greenhouse gas emissions continue, the country's average temperature will rise four-point-seven percent by end of the century.Even if policies to reduce emissions are successful, the temperature will still rise three percent.Also, by the end of the century, the heat will reduce rice production by 20 percent and pine groves will shrink by 15 percent.To prevent these extreme scenarios, the Moon administration's Green New Deal plan... aims to make renewable forms mainly solar, wind and hydrogen the country's go-to energy source.Plus, a wide range of public facilities will be retrofitted with eco-friendly power and materials.The environment ministry said it's also going to announce a plan to reduce emissions and respond to climate change to be implemented over the next five years.Kim Dami, Arirang News.