The Paris Agreement compared to the Kyoto Protocol has a distinct characteristic of all non-party stakeholder’s participation including civil society, private sector, and other subnational authorities to respond to climate change. This study develops Green Infrastructure Performance Index(GIPI) to measure, report and verify greenhouse gases reduction impacts on climate change policies particularly focusing on road transport sector in Korea. It is applied with 16 metropolitan areas to provide policy planners with valuable reduction information and practical and on-time policy implications. The empirical findings show that applying to traffic avoidance, technology improvement, and modal shift strategies through GIPI with the 9 core indices (eco-driving activity, electric vehicle usage, mileage-based auto insurance, etc.) that set target achievement in 2030 is projected to reduce 34.7 mill. CO2-eq, accounting for 11.2% above the national carbon dioxide reduction target of 25.9 mill. CO2-eq by 2030.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of the creation of indoor gardens in elementary, middle, and high-schools in Gyeongsangnam-do (province) as part of a program to make schools comfortable and beautiful, and for use as base line data when introducing indoor gardens to schools. The participating schools comprised all 536 elementary, 306 middle, and 191 high schools in Gyeongsangnam-do, and the study was conducted between Dec. 20th, 2014 and July 23rd, 2015. The results demonstrate that indoor gardens were introduced to Gyeongsangnam-do schools in 2010, and, since then, 35 elementary and 3 middle schools have created indoor gardens, which is a low adoption rate. Eight-four percent of these indoor gardens were created for appreciation purposes only, without rest facilities. Indoor plants were the main material used for scene configurations, followed by rocks and sculptures. Taking into consideration that 92% of all indoor gardens were created in elementary schools, the current location of gardens near the main entrance, mainly for appreciation purposes, should be changed to areas in which students can play and rest, which would lead to an increase in students’ usage rate.