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A Thought on the Right Green IT Policy Direction for Korea (올바른 국내 그린(Green) IT 추진 방향에 관한 소고)

  • Ahn, Joong-Ho;Kim, Tae-Ha;Park, Chul-Woo
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.77-91
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    • 2010
  • Recently, rapid economic growth has brought side effects with it such as environmental pollutions. As a result, 'Green IT' emerges as a solution to these problems. With providing clue for solving environmental problem, Green IT also has been focused as an emerging growth power which could enhance the IT industry activity. In Korea, most part of energy consumption depends on import. Moreover, an economic structure also indicates high degree of dependence upon export. Therefore, based on IT that has competitive advantage, we need to preoccupy with green IT market. In this regard, we research the status of promoting for IT in domestic and major countries. Especially, this paper focuses on government policies and companies strategies.

A Study on the Development of the Model for Construction of Energy Circulating Village based on the Eco-friendly Agriculture (친환경농업을 기반으로 하는 에너지 순환형 마을조성 모델개발에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Soo-Young;Yoo, Duck-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.135-154
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    • 2010
  • The green craze has hit all the world lately. The green revolution which means immense changes for sustainable development under the new environment-economy system is foretelling that we should have new angle to the environment and economy. This paper is about the development of the model and indicators for construction of ECO(Energy Circulating Organic)-Village which is the green growth option of local community. This model is composed of three concepts - SPDC (about procedural methodology of Model), Virtuous Circle (about functional relationships of three requisites), Network (about spatial relationships between communities) - and evaluation indicators. Environment, tourism, industry (Energy & Organic Agriculture) are set as the three requisites for green growth of local community. Nations of the world plunge into the green war which is silent, general, sweeping changes. We can not win this war with the existing thinking system and policy. We need revolutionary changes reconsidering of environmental value and sustainable development strategy of the region. Each of us should go through the changes and this work would be the one among those efforts.

Low Carbon.Green Growth Paradigm for Fisheries Sector (수산부문 저탄소.녹색성장 패러다임)

  • Park, Seong-Kwae;Kwon, Suk-Jae
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.97-110
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    • 2009
  • Two of the most important topics of the 21st century are ensuring harmony between man and his environment and the emerging long-tail economy in which niche markets are becoming increasingly more important. Since the Industrial Revolution in 17th century, human beings have increasingly exploited the world's natural capital, such as the natural environment and its ecosystems. Now the world is facing limits to sustainable economic growth because of limits to this natural capital. Thus, most countries are beginning to adopt a new development paradigm, the so-called"Green Development Paradigm" which pursues environmental conservation in parallel with economic growth. Recently, the Korean government announced an ambitious national policy of Low Carbon & Green Growth for the next six decades. This is an important step that transforms the existing national policy into a new future-oriented one. The fisheries sector in particular has great potential for making a substantial contribution to this national policy initiative. For example, the ocean itself with its sea plants and phytoplankton has an enormous capacity for fixing carbon, and its vast areas of tidal flats have a tremendous potential for cleaning up pollutants from both the sea and the land. Furthermore, the fishing industry has great potential for the development of fuel-saving biodegradable technologies, and a long-tail economy based on digital technologies can do much to promote the production and consumption of green goods and services derived from the oceans and the fisheries. In order for this potential to be realized, the fisheries authority needs to develop a new green-growth strategy that is practical and widely supported by fishing communities and the markets, taking into account the need for greenhouse gas reduction, conservation of the ocean environment and ecosystems, an improved system for seafood safety, the establishment of strengthened MCS (monitoring control surveillance) system, and the development of coastal ecotourism. In addition, fisheries green policies need to be implemented through a well-organized system of government aids, regulations and compensation, and spontaneous (voluntary) orders in fishing communities should be promoted to encourage far more responsible fisheries.

Unlocking the Future of a Prosperous Green Globe: With a Focus on the G-20 STI Summit

  • Choi, Young-sik
    • STI Policy Review
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2010
  • Energy consumption is the largest contributing factor for the increase of $CO_2$ emissions and amounts for almost 85% of all emissions. The future energy consumption of Korea is projected to grow exponentially despite its heavy dependence on imported energy that represents 97% of its total energy supply. According to a recent OECD report the carbon emission level of Korea is currently ranked 9th in $CO_2$ emissions, and is growing by almost 3% every year. Against this background, the Korean government introduced the "low carbon green growth" policy in 2008. As the global challenges intensified in the wake of the world economic crisis, Korea has been working hard in raising the visibility of its efforts at the club governance meetings, in particular the G-20 summit. Because of cooperative efforts with major member countries, the G-20 summit agenda has been significantly diversified to include long-term issues such as climate change, development issues, and global health. To achieve an effective green recovery for a new green world economic order, the G-20 summit leaders should concentrate on a strategy of establishing green governance for a global STI cooperation. Korea as the host country is poised to leverage the Seoul G-20 summit to catalyze global efforts toward a new green economic order.