Speaker - Mr. Kee Yeon Hwang - President of the Korea Transport Institute
One of the most salient characteristics of the previous century is the rapid expansion of automobile use and related infrastructure and industries. Increased automobile use can cause serious negative effects such as air pollution, noise pollution, congestion and even climate change. The sustainability of an automobile-based transport system is now being seriously questioned. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is mostly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The transportation sector accounts for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and within the sector, road transportation dominates - accounting for more than 80 percent of emissions. Reducing transportation's impact on the environment should involve transforming the current automobile-based transport system into a more energy efficient, low carbon and eco-friendly one. Therefore, the Korean government proposed a "low carbon, green growth" as a national development strategy in August 2008. As for the institutional framework for promoting green growth, the National Green Growth Commission (NGGC) was officially launched in February 2009 and the Green Growth Law is being deliberated in the National Assembly. Major developed countries have also established ambitious national low carbon green growth strategies. Low carbon green growth is the most urgent and proactive policy direction for Korea to maintain its global competitive edge and to ensure sustainable economic growth. The KOTI (the Korea Transport Institute) and NGGC have proposed many notable projects as a proactive national transport policy for “low carbon, green growth”.
One of the most salient characteristics of the previous century is the rapid expansion of automobile use and related infrastructure and industries. Increased automobile use can cause serious negative effects such as air pollution, noise pollution, congestion and even climate change. The sustainability of an automobile-based transport system is now being seriously questioned. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is mostly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The transportation sector accounts for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and within the sector, road transportation dominates - accounting for more than 80 percent of emissions. Reducing transportation's impact on the environment should involve transforming the current automobile-based transport system into a more energy efficient, low carbon and eco-friendly one. Therefore, the Korean government proposed a "low carbon, green growth" as a national development strategy in August 2008. As for the institutional framework for promoting green growth, the National Green Growth Commission (NGGC) was officially launched in February 2009 and the Green Growth Law is being deliberated in the National Assembly. Major developed countries have also established ambitious national low carbon green growth strategies. Low carbon green growth is the most urgent and proactive policy direction for Korea to maintain its global competitive edge and to ensure sustainable economic growth. The KOTI (the Korea Transport Institute) and NGGC have proposed many notable projects as a proactive national transport policy for “low carbon, green growth”.
The Speaker will provide 7 strategies which are summarized as main issues of proactive transport policy for “low carbon, green growth” in Korea. Transforming our transportation system into a low carbon and environmentally friendly one would provide many opportunities for green growth and also indispensible infrastructure for sustainable economic growth and prosperity.
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