The ministry said it will earmark 19.2 billion won for the seven projects, including carbon use technology and a climate change adaption program to help developing nations.

"The ministry hopes to lead the global climate market and to reduce carbon gas emissions through the early commercialization of climate-related technologies," said Jeong Byung-seon, an ICT ministry official in charge of the policy.

The ministry will allow the government to conduct its R&D activities more effectively to attain the goal and offer a specific technology management solution, officials said.

South Korea aims to reduce carbon emissions by 37 percent from business-as-usual levels by 2030. At the Paris climate conference held in late 2015, 195 member countries agreed to step up efforts to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming. (Yonhap)