The 2.1GW Samcheok Blue Power plant which came online in South Korea in Jannuary looms out of the headlands above a beach made internationally famous by a K-pop album shoot.
But Samcheck is not outlier. It is a symbol of the stark climate contradiction at the heart of the world's 12th largest economy, celebrated for its technological prowess in semiconductors and electric vehicle batteries, yet among the top ten worst global climate performers.
但是 Samcheck 不是一个例外。它象征着全球 第12 大经济体核心的鲜明的气候矛盾: 韩国以半导体和 EV 电池的高超技术闻名与世,但是它又是全球气候表现最差的前 10 名之一。