• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.45-64
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• 2022

Purpose - This paper examines South Korea's potential status as a carbon leakage country, and the level of risk posed by the Korean emissions trading scheme (ETS) for Korean industries. The economic effects of border carbon adjustments (BCAs) to protect energy-intensive Korean industries in the process of achieving the carbon reduction target by 2030 through the Korean ETS are also analyzed. Design/methodology - First, using the Korean Input-Output (IO) table, this paper calculates the balance of emissions embodied in trade (BEET) and the pollution terms of trade (PTT) to determine Korean industries' carbon leakage status. Analyses of the risk level posed by carbon reduction policy implementation in international trade are conducted for some sectors by applying the EU criteria. Second, using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, three BCA scenarios, exemption regulations (EXE), reimbursement (REB), and tariff reduction (TAR) to protect the energy-intensive industries under the Korean ETS are addressed. Compared to the baseline scenario of achieving carbon reduction targets by 2030, the effects of BCAs on welfare, carbon leakage, outputs, and trading are analyzed. Findings - As Korea's industrial structure has been transitioning from a carbon importing to a carbon leaking country. The results indicate that some industrial sectors could face the risk of losing international competitiveness due to the Korean ETS. South Korea's industries are basically exposed to risk of carbon leakage because most industries have a trade intensity higher than 30%. This could be interpreted as disproving vulnerability to carbon leakage. Although the petroleum and coal sector is not in carbon leakage, according to BEET and PTT, the Korean ETS exposes this sector to a high risk of carbon leakage. Non-metallic minerals and iron and steel sectors are also exposed to a high risk of carbon leakage due to the increased burden of carbon reduction costs embodied in the Korean ETS, despite relatively low levels of trade intensity. BCAs are demonstrated to have an influential role in protecting energy-intensive industries while achieving the carbon reduction target by 2030. The EXE scenario has the greatest impact on mitigation of welfare losses and carbon leakage, and the TAF scenario causes a disturbance in the international trade market because of the pricing adjustment system. In reality, the EXE scenario, which implies completely exempting energy-intensive industries, could be difficult to implement due to various practical constraints, such as equity and reduction targets and other industries; therefore, the REB scenario presents the most realistic approach and appears to have an effect that could compensate for the burden of economic activities and emissions regulations in these industries. Originality/value - This paper confirms the vulnerability of the Korean industrial the risk of carbon leakage, demonstrating that some industrial sectors could be exposed to losing international competitiveness by implementing carbon reduction policies such as the Korean ETS. The contribution of this paper is the identification of proposed approaches to protect Korean industries in the process of achieving the 2030 reduction target by analyzing the effects of BCA scenarios using a CGE model.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.419-449
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• 2022

본 연구에서는, 환경산업연관표 분석모형을 활용해, EU 탄소국경조정이 전면 도입될 경우의 국내 산업별 탄소국경조정 부담액 규모를 산정하고 국내 저탄소 정책 시행에 따른 산업별 부담액 변화를 비교 분석함으로써 기후변화 리스크에 대응한 중장기전략 수립에 시사점을 제시하고자 하였다. 분석 결과 EU 탄소국경조정 전면도입 정책충격에 따른 국내 산업 총부담액은 2030년 기준 약 8조 2,456억 원 규모로 예측되었다. 업종별 영향을 살펴보면 석유화학, 석유정제, 운송장비, 철강, 자동차, 전기/전자/정밀 산업으로 등 6대 주요 산업군에서 총탄소국경조정 총부담액의 84.3%를 차지하는 것으로 전망되었다. 그리고 저탄소 정책 시행에 따른 기술발전 및 에너지 전환을 가정한 복수의 정책 시나리오에서는 탄소국경조정 총부담액이 약 11.7%~15.0% 감소할 것으로 전망되었다. 본 연구의 주요 분석 결과는 탄소국경조정의 전면도입 확대에 따른 대응전략 수립을 특정 분야에 한정해 이행하는 것이 아니라, 종합적 접근 하에서 이뤄내 국가 경제 전반에 끼치는 부정적 영향을 최소화하고 새로운 성장동력을 발굴하는 기회의 창으로 활용할 필요가 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2018

This study investigates the relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, trade openness, population density, and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) emissions in Bangladesh for the period of 1975 to 2013. It applies the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration for establishing the existence of a long-run relationship. The bounds tests suggest that the variables of interest are bound together in the long-run when $CO_2$ emissions is the dependent variable. The results indicate that energy consumption has statistically significant positive effect on $CO_2$ emissions both in the short-run and long-run. The effect of population density is significant in long-run, but not in short-run. The estimated coefficients for economic growth and trade liberalization are negative and insignificant both in short-run and long-run. The paper suggests that the government of Bangladesh should undertake the policy actions to develop alternative energy sources which would not emit much $CO_2$.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.180-188
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• 2024

This research examined consumption-based carbon emission reduction by nuclear energy consumption and environmental tax while considering the context of trade globalization in the highest five emitter nations from 1990 to 2020. This study used various empirical methodologies, including preliminary analysis to check the stationarity and cointegration, the CS-ARDL for long-run analysis, CCEMG, AMG for robustness, and the D-H causality test for short-term pairwise causation. The results indicated that nuclear energy consumption, environmental tax, and trade globalization help to mitigate consumption-based carbon emissions while economic growth and population density boost carbon emissions. Furthermore, the results also found two-way casual connection exists between nuclear energy consumption, population density, and consumption-based carbon emissions. Thus, the results emphasize the need for government policies that encourage nuclear energy and environmental tax as a strategy to reduce carbon emissions and achieve and maintain environmental development.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.347-354
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 연소 배가스 중에 포함된 이산화탄소의 탄산화 반응을 통한 고부가화합물 제조기술의 경제성평가를 수행하고 화합물 생산 계획에 따른 이익 및 내부수익률(Internal Rate of Return, IRR)을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 고려된 기술을 이용하면 발전소에서 발생되는 연소배가스 중의 이산화탄소와 전기분해를 통해 발생되는 가성소다와의 탄산화 반응을 통해 고부가화합물(중탄산나트륨, $NaHCO_3$)의 생산 및 이산화탄소의 저감이 동시에 가능하다. 또한 전기분해에서 생산되는 염소 및 수소 가스는 다시 차아염소산나트륨(NaOCl) 및 고순도 염산의 제조에 적용된다. 기술의 경제성 평가를 위한 방법으로는 순현재가치법(Net Present Value method, NPV) 및 내부수익률(Internal Rate of Return, IRR)을 활용하여 일일 100톤의 이산화탄소를 처리할 수 있는 공정을 대상으로 20년간 상업운전을 가정하였다. 상기 가정하에서 20년간의 내부수익률은 약 67.2%, 20년간의 운전기간을 통한 총 이익은 순현가 기준으로 약 346,922 백만원으로 산출되었다. 그리고 2015년부터 시행예정인 탄소배출권 거래가 활성됨에 따른 ETS 수익을 고려할 경우 총이익은 약 60억원 향상되는 것으로 분석이 되었다. 상기 분석을 살펴보면 이산화탄소의 탄산화 반응을 통한 고부가화합물 제조기술은 온실가스 저감효과를 가져올 뿐만 아니라 경제성이 뛰어난 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2002년도 춘계 공동학술발표회
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• pp.91-91
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• 2002

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.291-300
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• 2013

The main purpose of this study is to analyse economic feasibility of low-carbon-oriented gear for anchovy boat seine. The results of benefit/cost analysis showed that use of the low-carbon fishing gear is economically feasible. Considering the fuel saving and relatively low $CO_2$ emission by reducing the resistance of gear, net present value by such type 1 gear improvement was estimated about -2,490 ~ -1,580 million won with the benefit-cost ratio 0.81~ 0.88. And net present value by such type 2 gear improvement was estimated about 6,540 ~ 7,780 million won with the benefit-cost ratio 1.79 ~ 1.94. Development of lowcarbon trawl gear would render significant contributions to reducing $CO_2$ emission in fishing operations and lead to reduce fishing costs due to fuel savings.

• 에너지공학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2018

The emission of greenhouse gases mainly carbon dioxide and methane is the result of rapid industrialization to meet the demands of ever-growing population. This has resulted in an increase of global temperature which in turn is responsible for severe environmental, social, ecological and economic losses, commonly known as to as 'climate change'. This study attempts to highlight the impacts of climate change mainly focussing on water contamination, sanitation and open defecation in India. The requirement for the instantaneous employment of environment friendly technologies along with improved sanitary system has been discussed. Various other issues which are also linked to climate change that need further management like managing water resources, deterioration in human health, economic losses, modification and successful implementation of policies have been pointed out. Furthermore, stress has been made for the urgent adaptation and rethinking for making strategies along with the involvement of women in order to cop up challenges offered by climate change.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.42-51
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• 2013

Climate changes have become the major issue for the sustainable society and the various regulation has been established for promoting low carbon and green growth in Korea. The paper industry as a large comsumer of energy is forced to cope with these regulation. In this study, the various examples were investigated for providing the basic schemes to develop environmental management strategies of Korean paper industry. The various cases to follow carbon economic were introduced and were categorized into five ways, for example, the carbon capture projects such as reforestation, the increasing the process efficiency, the resource recovery form process waste, the cogeneration systems, the application of non-woody biomass.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2011

전 지구적 기후변화인 지구온난화의 주원인으로 지목되고 있는 온실가스는 공간적으로 주로 도시에서 발생하고 있기 때문에 도시차원에서의 대책이 무엇보다 필요하다. 본 연구는 도시형태와 탄소발생량과의 관계를 분석하여 기후변화에 대응한 탄소배출저감형 도시의 형태를 제시하는 것을 궁극적인 목표로 삼고 있다. 이를 위해, 첫째로 도시형태에 대한 이론고찰을 수행하여 도시공간의 물리적 규모, 이용현황, 활동강도와 관련된 도시형태요소를 선정하였다. 둘째, 서울시를 사례로 전력, 도시가스, 지역난방, 석유, 상수도 사용량 자료를 이용하여 이산화탄소 배출량 지도를 작성하였다. 셋째, 이산화탄소 배출량과 도시형태요소와의 관계를 분석하여 도시공간에서 에너지 사용량에 영향을 주는 도시형태를 밝혀내고, 도시계획 측면에서의 시사점을 도출하였다. 본 연구에서 도시형태 요소와 이산화탄소 배출량간의 관계를 분석한 결과는 실제 에너지 사용량에 기반하여 이산화탄소 배출량을 산정하여 활용하였다는 점에서 기존 연구가 지닌 한계를 극복하고, 사례분석을 통해 구체적이고도 결과를 도출하였다는데 그 의의가 있다.