Through South Korea’s climate change impact assessment system, it introduces the interaction between greenhouse gas reduction and climate crisis adaptation in development plans and projects.
The Korean government enacted the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Climate Crisis Response to achieve carbon neutrality. The most representative policy of this law is the climate change impact assessment system, a key framework for addressing both greenhouse gas reduction and climate crisis adaptation.
In accordance with Article 23 of this Act, a climate change impact assessment is defined as the investigation and prediction of the effects of climate change or the impacts to be caused by climate change when conducting a strategic environmental impact assessment or an environmental impact assessment for a plan or development project, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the establishment of climate crisis adaptation measures.
The functions of climate change impact assessment system include enabling the establishment of proactive and effective measures for "greenhouse gas reduction" and "climate crisis adaptation" by having planning and development projects evaluate in advance the impacts of climate change and those they will experience; and serving as a platform that allows government ministries, local governments, and other entities to use or analyze data dispersed across various fields for "greenhouse gas reduction" and "climate crisis adaptation." By conducting climate change impact assessments, it enables institutional communication among stakeholders, including project operators and residents, to discuss greenhouse gas reduction, increase of greenhouse gas absorption and storage sources, and climate crisis adaptation measures.
Hanna cho is a Senior Research Fellow at Korea Environment Institute. With over 20 years of experience, Hanna is a recognized expert in climate change and Environment Impact assessment.