Finding a place for promoting sustainability under Korea's green growth agenda: An assessment of governmental strategies for consumer education in a growth oriented approach

This research paper attempts to investigate the questions of how the governmental capacity enacts to promote Sustainable Consumption under the Low Carbon Green Growth slogan in the Republic of Korea. It exams the current strategies of the national government towards sustainability based on its Green Growth focus. The findings demonstrate that the rise of Green Growth caused an overall de-prioritisation of sustainable development and has led to confusion over the roles that leading agencies are expected to play. The interview analysis proves that civil society organisations and NGOs in Korea have a strong capacity in promoting sustainable consumption, which could be greatly supported through better government-civil society partnerships. Recommendations from interviewees are also made for supporting public participation through lateral partnerships, and a need to overcome human resource limitations on sustainable consumption at the level of national government is also identified.