1. Background and Aims of Research
According to the “Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis,” climate change impact assessments must be conducted for plans and development projects designated by the President, including policies subject to strategic environmental impact assessment or environmental impact assessment, and projects that emit large amounts of greenhouse gases. This has been established as one of the key institutional measures for implementing national carbon neutrality in Korea.
As laws and regulations related to the climate change impact assessment system have been relatively recently, assessment techniques for greenhouse gas reduction and climate change adaptation that incorporate the characteristics and types of projects are currently insufficient. In particular, road construction projects, which are newly included as subjects for climate change impact assessment in September 2023, are typical linear projects with different characteristics in terms of construction and operation, environmental impacts, and considerations for greenhouse gas reduction and climate crisis adaptation compared to area development projects such as urban development and industrial complex development projects.
This study aimed to establish climate change impact assessment techniques considering the characteristics of road construction projects newly included as assessment targets, in connection with the assessment techniques developed in prev ...