In 2015, South Korea implemented the Korea Emissions Trading System (K-ETS) to achieve national greenhouse gas reduction goals. The main difference between the ETS of Korea and that of other countries is the inclusion of both direct Scope I emissions and indirect Scope 2 emissions in the...

In 2015, South Korea implemented the Korea Emissions Trading System (K-ETS) in order to achieve its national greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. GHG emissions are classified into Scope 1 emissions, those from direct consumption of fossil fuels, and Scope 2 emissions, those from electricity...

The importance of law, and investment contracts in particular, has been noted in recent discussions around ‘land grabbing’. This article extends a legal analysis to what has been termed ‘green grabbing’ in this special issue and argues that the contracts that shape foreign investment in...