본 연구는 지자체 기후변화 적응대책 수립을 위한 취약성 평가 체계를 소개하고 지자체의 분야별 주요 취약성을 분석하였다. 우리나라는 2010년 ‘저탄소 녹색성장 기본법’의 시행에 따라 국가, 중앙부처 및 광역지자체의 ‘기후변화 적응 세부시행계획’ 수립이 완료되었으며(’12.6), 기초지자체의 적응 세부시행계획 수립을 통해 지역기반 적응을 도모하고 있다. 지자체의 효과적인 적응계획 수립은 지역내 의사결정 과정에서 주요 취약계층, 취약분야, 취약지역의 현황 파악과 기후변화에 따른 자연생태적, 사회경제적 영향과 취약성 결정인자를 검토하는 것이 필요하다. 환경부는 기초단위까지 원활한 계획수립과 지자체 적응대책과 중앙대책간 연계성 확보를 위해, 지표기반 분야별 취약성 평가 결과를 제공하여 지자체의 주요 취약성을 스크리닝하고(하향식), 자료와 도구, 교육·훈련 등의 지원을 통해 지역 현황에 기초한 적응계획수립(상향식)을 도모하고 있다. 시범 기초지자체(19개 시군)들의 지자체 담당자 및 전문가들의 주요 관심분야 순위 조사 결과는 재난/재해, 건강, 농업, 수자원 분야 순으로 나타났다. 관계부처는 이러한 지역요구와 피해현황을 고려하여 자료 구축과 정보 제공이 우선되어야 하며, 분야별 주요 관심 항목에 대한 기상·기후정보 생산과 공급체계 마련이 요구된다. 끝으로 기초지자체 현실 반영과 중앙대책 연계를 도모를 위해서는 기초지자체 여건을 고려하여 기존 국가와 광역지자체 계획수립 방법론 단순 적용 보다는 하향식, 장기적, 정량적 관점의 계획수립 방법론과 상향식, 중단기적, 정성적 관점의 평가방법론의 조화로운 연계 도모가 필요하다.

This study aims to find the perception and utilization of the citizen about the dryness watch warning (DWW) among special weather reports. For this we have made up a descriptive questionnaire including the perception, utilization of special weather reports. Using the SPSS 17.0 program, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Scheffe test were used to analyze the collected data. The results are as follows; The perception of DWW is measured by 4 point Likert scale and the average is 15.97±3.70 (percentile=57.0). This value shows that the awareness level is not that high and according to the occupation, college students show the lowest awareness and housewives show the highest awareness. According to the age, the teens and twenties show the lowest awareness and fifties and sixties show the highest awareness. Although the perception of the teens and college students are rather poor, there were many positive answers that it is necessary to establish the advanced disaster prevention plan according to the questionnaire about the utilization of DWW. Therefore, if we come up with an effective plan to improve the perception than we can expect a large-effect in terms of fire and forest fire prevention. The perception of DWW can be improved by providing weather information and weather related education program on TV or internet which have the high level of preference. Also, it is necessary to provide online and offline program of advertising education and disaster management education through the weather forecast bureau which is the host organization of delivering weather information.

Climate change is not only abnormal condition of climate systems but also the perplexities of socio-economic system including agriculture, ocean, energy supply plans and ecosystem. As the frequency and magnitude of the extreme weather related natural disasters are increasing, the losses of lives and economic damages are getting huge. For the adequate response of climate change, more comprehensive reviews of research results about observation, projection and monitoring of climate change are essential. The purpose of this study is to frame, to structure and to prepare writing strategies the 2nd Korea Climate Change Assessment Report(the Physical Science Basis). ‘Korea Climate Change Assessment Report 2010’ was prepared using 1,003 references by 46 climate change scientists with seven chapters and 328 pages. Ten chapters and more detailed sections for the 2nd Korea Climate Change Assessment Report have been suggested based on IPCC 5th Climate Change Assessment Report. Chapters cannot be changed while sections can be combined, deleted, and altered with admissions from consultation committees. Committees consist of climate change experts from government organization, universities and institution.

Climate change assessment, together with climate change adaptation process, would be one of the worldwide important issues, and the study on climate change vulnerability indicator has been an essential problem for climate change adaptation. Vulnerability indicator can be used as a good tool to estimate the impact of climate change and to map out the distribution of its vulnerability over the given area both in Korea and other countries. This study addressed the conceptual summary on the assessment of climate change and its adaptation process. Previous studies on how to yield the vulnerability indicators of climate change are reviewed and several previous results of vulnerability indicators applied to Korean provinces are also discussed here.