The economic geography has not secured climate change and its effects as certain study realms. In order to overcome this limitation, discourse which builds the logic of knowledge about climate change and its effects is required above all things. This study, therefore, was to suggest new study realms and subjects of economic geography on climate change and its impacts. New study realms of economic geography on climate change and its impacts are: the natural resource inputs entering into the economic process; the environmental loads in economic process ; environmental costs to overcome the effects of climate change; the development of environmental technologies; and policy development on the impact of climate change. Study subjects are: negative and secondary effects of climate change and its impact on economic process; commercialization of climate change and its impacts itself; and alternative policy development based on sustainable development etc.

• 이철우(경북대학교 지역개발연구소·지리학과) | Chulwoo Lee Correspondence