{
    "name": "AI Policy Radar",
    "publisher": "Green Diplomat",
    "description": "Climate laws and carbon-pricing instruments classified by legal stage; every record cites the document it was checked against and the date of that check.",
    "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: a verified tracker of climate laws by legal stage. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ (accessed 6 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-06T03:42:06+00:00",
    "count": 1,
    "fields": {
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        "jurisdiction": "Country or sub-national jurisdiction that adopted the instrument.",
        "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.",
        "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system, carbon tax, framework law, target law, crediting mechanism, energy-transition law, disclosure / MRV rule.",
        "legal_stage": "In force · Enacted, not yet in force · In rulemaking · Proposed / announced · No binding instrument.",
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        "coverage": "Sectors, entities or share of emissions covered, as stated by the source.",
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            "record_id": "kr-ets",
            "jurisdiction": "Republic of Korea",
            "iso3": "KOR",
            "country": "Republic of Korea",
            "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2015",
            "legal_reference": "Act on the Allocation and Trading of Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowances and its Enforcement Decree",
            "coverage": "813 entities in power, industry, buildings, waste, transport, domestic aviation and maritime; 77.75% of national GHG emissions (2023)",
            "summary": "The K-ETS launched in 2015 as East Asia's first nationwide mandatory ETS and covers 813 of Korea's largest emitters. Its fourth phase began in 2026 under an allocation plan approved in November 2025 that sets a cap of 2.5 billion tCO2e for 2026–2030, introduces a market stability reserve and raises the share of auctioned allowances.",
            "what_to_watch": "The operation of the K-MSR and the higher auction share during Phase 4, and annual allocation decisions within the Phase 4 cap.",
            "source_name": "International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)",
            "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/korea-emissions-trading-scheme",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Asia-Pacific",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Markets",
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/kr-ets/",
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                {
                    "date": "2012-05-14",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Act on the Allocation and Trading of GHG Emission Permits enacted (Act No. 11419)",
                    "source_url": "https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=125344&viewCls=lsRvsDocInfoR"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2015",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "K-ETS launches; Phase 1 runs 2015 to 2017",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/korea-emissions-trading-system-k-ets"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2021",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Phase 3 begins, extending coverage to more transport and construction",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/korea-emissions-trading-system-k-ets"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2025-11",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Phase 4 allocation plan approved: 2.5 billion tCO2e cap for 2026-2030",
                    "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/korea-emissions-trading-system-k-ets"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}