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Climate change has posed a new number of challenges to the whole world; several initiatives both at national and international level have been put in place by organizations alike Governments with the aim to stabilizing and reducing CO2 emissions. Well know examples of international initiatives, have been the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol which came into force since 2005 and the Paris agreement in 2015. At a national level, the Republic of Korea launched a nationwide policy for promoting low-carbon green growth in 2008 as a national vision of low-carbon green growth. Due to changes in perceptions about climate change and more stringent environmental regulations, one on the sector which was given a great deal of attention has been that of logistics, being a major source of emissions and today it seems there is a much greater awareness of the importance of green logistics. This study aims at investigating the background of the UN climate agreement with particular reference to the Kyoto protocol and Paris agreement. It introduces the concept of Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and practices in South Korea. This study also aims at finding the implication of the UN climate agreement in the field of logistics. The concept of green logistics is investigated and the establishment of a green logistics policy is examined from the perspectives of logistics functions and logistics firms. The study finally suggests policy implications for the future directions of green logistics.