Korea ranked No.4 in low carbon competitiveness, an index that could reduce green house emissions.E3G, international think tank of London, announced in G20 National low carbon competitiveness report that Korea ranked No.4 in the world in terms of low carbon competitiveness.The report said that with efficient electricity supply network and bold budget investment on green growth, Korea took No.4. The report cited nuclear generation as clean energy for France, energy efficiency for Japan, and low carbon energy development for Britain. The US, ranked in No.10, was said to be weak in Infrastructure such as transportation that has heavy oil dependency. But Korea ranked No.15 in low carbon improvement index and 8th in low carbon gap.Low carbon improvement index is a carbon production increase proportion due to economic growth and index that shows how much carbon emissions was reduced along with economic growth. ‘Gap index’ is the difference between low carbon improvement index and actual low carbon improvement. An insider of Blue House said, “The reason why carbon competitiveness low is so high is reflection of possibility of green industry and technology development and determination of the government. It is sorry to see such low in low carbon improvement index or gap index but considering Korea’s green house gas cut down capacity, it will be able to implement better.”E3G published report to offer information on current status and competitiveness of shifting to low carbon ahead of the 3rd G20 Summit that will be held from September 25 and to make clear the concept of low carbon competitiveness.European nations and Japan were said to take the lead in shift to low carbon economy backed by economic structure shift in the 1990s. Korea is said to contribute to low carbon competitiveness index such as efficient electricity supply networks and national budget support. The US has potential of leading clean energy revolution but has problem of carbon concentrated infrastructure and high energy use in transportation.