• KIEAE Journal
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.147-154
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• 2015

Environmental impact assessment techniques have been developed as a result of the worldwide efforts to reduce the environmental impact of global warming. By using the quantification method in the construction industry, it is now possible to manage the greenhouse gas is to systematically evaluate the impact on the environment over the entire construction process. In particular, the proportion of greenhouse gas emissions at the production stage of construction material occupied is high, and efforts are needed in the construction field. In this study, intended for concrete products for the construction materials, by using the LCA evaluation method, we compared the results of environmental impact assessment and carbon emissions of developing products that have been applied low-carbon technologies compared to existing products. As a result, by introducing a raw material of industrial waste, showed carbon reduction. Through a comparison of the carbon emission reduction effect of low-carbon technologies, it is intended to provide academic data for the evaluation of greenhouse gases in the construction sector and the development of low-carbon technologies of the future.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.554-561
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• 2023

Purpose: To urge the necessity of disclosure by identifying the relationship between the disclosure status of greenhouse gas emissions from domestic business sites and other indirect emissions to total emissions. Method: The 2021 emission data disclosed in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) was collected by industry and emission category for comparative analysis. Result: The more companies that calculated and disclosed emissions by category within Scope 3, the more active they were in responding to or disclosing evaluation factors other than disclosure of emissions, and those companies were able to obtain higher grades in CDP and ESG evaluations. The number of Scope 3 calculations and disclosures was found to be high. In addition, there was a significant difference in the correlation between the number of Scope 3 disclosures by industry and the share of each scope out of the total in some manufacturing industries. Conclusion: As the number of Scope 3 disclosures, corporate ratings, and total emissions are proportional, it was confirmed that the higher the number of Scope 3 disclosures and GHG emissions, the higher the level of Scope 3 management. Based on Scope 3 emissions calculation and disclosure, effective emissions management and reduction activities are required.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.3-11
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• 2013

This study was carried out to estimate greenhouse gas reduction potentials under treatment methods of combustible wastes excavated from closed landfill. The treatment methods of solid wastes were landfilling, incineration, and production of solid recovery fuel. The greenhouse gas reduction potentials were calculated using the default emission factor presented by IPCC G/L method of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). The composition of excavated waste represented that screened soil was the highest (65.96%), followed by vinyl/plastic (19.18%). This means its own component is similar to the other excavated waste from unsanitary landfill sites. Additionally, its bulk density was 0.74 $t/m^3$. In case of landfilling of excavated waste, greenhouse gas emission quantity was 60,542 $tCO_2$. In case of incineration of excavated waste, greenhouse gas emission quantity was 9,933 $tCO_2$. However, solid recovery fuel from excavated waste reduced 33,738 $tCO_2$ of the greenhouse gas emission quantity. Therefore, solid recovery fuel production is helpful to reduce of greenhouse gas emission.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.53-73
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• 2009

This study examines the existence of ${\beta}$-convergence of carbon dioxide emissions in 24 countries over the period 1971~2002. For that purpose, The model of economic growth developed by Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1995) is extended and conducted Dynamic panel analysis and unit root testing by employing the panel stationarity test of Levin et al. (2002) and 1m et al. (2003). A dynamic panel estimation is well known method including capacity to control for both the endogeneity problem and the unobserved country-specific effects problem. Dynamic panel estimation method has been widely used in similar empirical studies. therefore, we also used the dynamic panel estimation method in our estimation. The result show that evidence of ${\beta}$-convergence exists among both the Obligatory GHG reduction countries (Annex) and the Non-obligatory GHG reduction countries (Non-Annex). but China discharge amount of $CO_2$ gas more than any other country. This fact can cause some bias in overall test. and so we reexamined test of convergence for Non-annex countries excluding china. As expected, in the Non-annex countries excluding china, I couldn't find any evidence of convergence.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.53-76
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• 2010

This paper attempts to estimate and compare environmental Kuznets curves (EKC) for$CO_2$ emissions of five regions constituting South Korea. For this, panel data of $CO_2$ emission for these regions are constucted for the period 1990 - 2007. Close inter-dependency among these five regions is considered by using a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model. In addition to real per-capita income, price index of energy sources and population dens ity are included as control variables. Results of estimates show the robust existence of EKC's in all these regions. EKC turning points of five regions range between 13.7 and 21.6 million Korean Won, showing a large variation. This difference among regions should be conisidered for the effective implementation of policies targeting the reduction of $CO_2$ emmission. In addition, the increase of energy price is found help reduce the $CO_2$ emmision while the rise of population density seems to lead to the increase of $CO_2$ emission.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.497-526
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• 2019

The importance of "decoupling" to maintain economic growth and reduce greenhouse gases is emerging as the world has been mandated to reduce greenhouse gases since the 2015 Paris Agreement. This study covered 63 countries from 1980 to 2014 and analyzed the main characteristics and causes of decoupling phenomenon between economic growth and carbon emissions. In this study, the degree of decoupling was measured every five years. The analysis found that the decoupling rate of OECD countries and countries with large incomes was high, and that the decoupling phenomenon has accelerated worldwide since the 2000s. However, the degree of decoupling was different depending on the national characteristics. According to the results of dynamic panel model, the growth rate of manufacturing and the proportion of exports hampered decoupling, while the proportion of human capital and renewable energy had a positive effect on decoupling. Also income had a inverse U-shape non-linear effect on decoupling.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.89-112
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• 2016

In this paper, as a determining factor of the Environment Kuznets Curve hypothesis, we analyzed the impact of technological innovation. In this paper, in order to empirically validate the role of technological innovation to an inverted U-shaped Environments Kuznets Curve hypothesis, we utilize the 2SLS considering relationship between R&D and the GDP per capita. Also, using the Panel VAR (Panel Vector Auto Regression) model to analyze with what time lag R&D per capita has impact on the emissions of greenhouse gases per capita. Empirical results show that R&D per capita(proxy of innovation) is a important factor to explain Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis, and that the external shock such as R&D per capita reduces greenhouse gas emissions per capita with about 3 time lag.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.583-615
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• 2019

This paper investigates the level of decoupling between greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth in Korea. Despite previous studies mainly stressed the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve, the lack of investigations in the level of decoupling constraints further policy suggestions. This study analyzes the level of decoupling in the short- and long-term, focusing on short-term volatility of GHG emissions income elasticity. In the long run, there is no decoupling in Korea because a robust causal relationship exists between GHGs, GDP, and fossil fuels. However, the short-term volatility is clearly identified under the long-term equilibrium(coupling), indicating there is the relative decoupling in the short run. The results show that fossil fuel dependence is a significant factor that increases short-term volatility(decoupling) and breaks the causal link(coupling) between GHGs and GDP.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.21-32
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• 2018

원자력 발전은 지난 수십 년 동안 대한민국에서 가장 중요하고 청정한 전기 에너지 공급원 역할을 감당해왔다. 그렇지만 한국 정부는 원자력 발전의 점유율을 줄이고 재생에너지의 비중을 높이는 것을 목표로 하는 에너지 전환 정책 로드맵을 발표하였다. 그러나 한국의 높은 인구밀도를 놓고 볼 때, 전력 생산의 최대 에너지원을 재생에너지로 전환하겠다는 구상은 무리일 수밖에 없다. 그 이유는 재생에너지 발전량만으로는 다 감당할 수 없는 원자력 발전량의 감축 부분을 어떻게 보충하겠다는 언급이 한국 정부의 로드맵에는 없기 때문이다. 암묵적으로 받아들여지고 있는 대안은 결국 화석연료인 것 같은데, 한국정부가 어떤 화석연료를 선택하느냐 하는 문제는 온실가스 배출량 감축이라는 문제와 직결되므로 그것이 최종 결정의 핵심적 요소가 될 것이다. 우리는 시나리오 분석 방법을 통해 한 가지 재생에너지를 선택한다는 가정과 함께 두 종류의 화석연료를 주로 사용하게 되는 경우를 분석해 보았다. 아울러 우리는 다른 나라들의 세 가지 에너지계획과 비교 분석한 사항을 바탕으로 원자력 에너지 외에 한국 정부가 선택할만한 에너지원의 타당성과 각 에너지 별 선택에 따른 제약사항을 밝히면서 최악의 결과를 방지하기 위한 기술-경제상의 필수적인 조건들을 제안하려 한다.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.17 no.11 s.177
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• pp.36-38
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• 1997

국내 원자력산업계는 11월 11일, 외무부 $\cdot$ 통상산업부 $\cdot$ 환경부 $\cdot$ 과학기술처 등 관계 장관에게 제출한 의견서에서 우리 나라 발전은 현재 전력 수요의 $36\%$를 충당함으로써 석유 화력 발전 대비 연간 1천5백만톤 이상의 이산화탄소($CO_2$) 감축 효과를 거두어 경제 발전과 환경 보전에 크게 공헌하고 있다고 지적, '정부 당국은 이 기회에 원자력 발전을 온난화 방지에너지 대책 사업의일환으로 확고히 자리매김해 줄 것'을 건의했다. 사단법인 한국원자력산업회의 산하 86개 회원사 일동의 이름으로 제출한 이 의견서는 또한 '정부 당국은 현행 원자력 개발 이용 계획에 대한 강력한 의지와 장래의 비전을 대내외적으로 다시 한번 재천명하고 이의 효과적인 추진을 위한 정책적인 조치를 강구해 줄 것'도 아울러 촉구했다. 원자력산업계는 의견서 가운데에서 원자력 발전은 현재 세계 전체 발전량의 17%를 공급, $CO_2$ 배출량을 연간 23억톤 이상 삭감하고 있으며, 이러한 수치는 세계 $CO_2$ 배출량의 약 $10\%$에 상당한다고 지적했다. 의견서 전문은 다음과 같다.