본 논문은 기후 부정의한 상황에 대한 정책 방향을 기후정의 관점에서 모색하기 위한 시론적 연구 이다. 전세계 곳곳에서 폭염, 호우, 가뭄 등 전례 없는 현상으로 나타나는 기후변화는 지구와 인류의 생존을 위협하게 되었고, 세계는 이에 대응하는 방법을 모색하고 있다. 그러나 2021년 11월에 개최된 26차 유엔기후변화협약 당사국총회(COP26)가 각국의 이익을 우선시하는 국가들에 의해 충분한 성과를 내지 못함에 따라, 국제적 기후변화 대응의 어려운 현실이 다시금 드러나게 되었다. 각국의 협의를 어렵게 만드는 요인 중의 하나는 기후변화가 내포하는 불평등에서 찾을 수 있다. 인류 모두에게 닥친 기후위기는 모든 사람들에게 동일한 정도의 피해를 주지 않으며, 기후변화를 초래한 대상과 피해자가 일치하지 않는 불평등의 문제를 갖고 있다. 탄소배출로 부를 축적하고 더 많은 탄소를 배출한 유발자와 그로 인한 피해자가 일치하지 않는 문제의 인식에서 ‘기후 부정의’와 ‘기후정의’가 논의되기 시작하였다. 기후위기의 부정의한 상황은 국가 간, 계층 간, 세대 간의 불평등을 악화시키고 기후위기 대응의 걸림돌이 된다. 본 연구는 기후위기의 부정의한 상황을 분석하고, 국제 사회와 한국사회의 대응 방향을 돌아보고자 한다. 기후정의 관점을 통해 기후위기의 불평등 문제가 드러나고 기후변화 대응책 마련에 유용한 분석틀을 제공할 수 있기를 기대한다.

This study developed an evaluation system of adaptation countermeasures for climate change in the water resources sector using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and the assessment procedures were applied to the Second Chungcheongnam-do Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plan (Chungnam Implementation Plan). Firstly, the evaluation criteria are composed of two levels according to the hierarchical structure, and AHP gives priority to 4 evaluation criteria of the first level and 16 alternative indicators of the second level. Secondly, after the importance of the evaluation criteria or indicators has been determined, the significance of each measure was evaluated by applying it to the water-sector measures of the Chungnam Implementation Plan, and the effectiveness of the evaluation system was validated. The Chungnam case study shows that the evaluation system will be more effective and efficient when it is applied during development phase rather than after the implementation plan is finalized. It is also expected that the evaluation system will be used to evaluate and prioritize climate change adaptation policies in other regions, and then to compare the means of adaptation to climate change in various regions and to select recommendation policies.

Recently, urbanization has become a serious issue, as there is imbalance between regions and various environmental problems occur intensively in cities. Therefore, cities all over the world are promoting the Green New Deal and trying to realize carbon neutrality. Accordingly, the European Union is leading the creation of carbon-neutral cities by promoting policies aimed at rapidly realizing carbon neutrality. In Korea, projects such as U-City and Smart City have also been promoted continuously for many years, and recently, the projects Smart Green City and Carbon Neutral Green City have been introduced. Therefore, this study aimed to derive directions and implications for future projects based on policies to address climate change by analyzing the guidelines for the Smart Green City project and the project plans of Gimhae-si and Gangjin-gun, which are the leading projects in the Smart Green City business model and are equipped with an extensive budget.

This study aims to analyze the priority of regional climate change policy utilizing AHP (analytic hierarchy process) at the area of Metropolitan City of Incheon. It derives four factors at first hierarchical level, at which level the analysis of pair-wise comparison indicates that industrial sector, energy sector, climate change response, and green culture policy are considered important in that order. It also ends up with sixteen factors at second level. The result of comparison analysis between all factors reveals that investment promotion in green technology R&D is considered the most significant factor of all, followed by establishment of green enterprise support system, electricity-efficiency enhancement support project and build-up of green culture policy governance. The result implies that diverse promotional policies have to incorporate business, institutional, and cultural aspects for sustainable climate change policy of regions. The contribution of this study is that it highlights the need to include regional characteristics in deciding priority among policy options for them to be effective.

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.