Ⅰ. Introduction
1. Research background and objectives
o Background of the research
ㅇFloods that occur annually due to climate change cause not only large-scale casualties, but also a decrease in food production due to flooding in agricultural areas. Food security is weak and we are experiencing chronic food shortages.
ㅇDeforestation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is pointed out as the cause of the much increased frequency and scale of repeated water disasters due to the vulnerability of the DPRK’s water management conditions and the effects of climate change.
ㅇDeforestation and climate change not only increase damage from water disasters, but also greatly affect the operation and management of most dams in the DPRK that are operated to secure water for power generation or agriculture.
ㅇTherefore, it is necessary to analyze the vulnerability of water management from the perspective of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus that can overcome water disasters, food shortages, and energy shortages, and to draw up a plan for inter-Korean cooperation through analysis of the quantity required for each purpose of use, such as domestic water, agricultural water, power generation water and so on, and analysis of the status of related infrastructure.
ㅇAs inter-Korean environmental cooperation projects to address the vulnerability of water management in the DPRK differs depending on the exchange conditions, it is necessary to draw up environmental cooperation tasks at the WEF Nexus level taking into account changes in the exchange conditions between the two Koreas.
o Objective