The Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis presents climate change assessment (Article 23) as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas, and this scheme is planned to be enforced in September 2022 after the promulgation of the Enforcement Decree in March 2022. Climate change impact assessment is expected to be conducted in practice organically in connection with the current environmental impact assessment. While there is the continuous criticism that environmental impact assessment is merely a formality, we propose what climate change impact assessment should clarifies and operate in an enforcement decree or assessment guidelines to overcome the limitations of environmental impact assessment.
Highlights
• The Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Coping with Climate Crisis presents climate change assessment (Article 23) as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas, and this scheme is planned to be enforced in September 2022 after the promulgation of the Enforcement Decree in March 2022.
• Climate change impact assessment is expected to be conducted in practice organically in connection with the current environmental impact assessment.
• While there is the continuous criticism that environmental impact assessment is merely a formality, we propose that climate change impact assessment clarifies and operates the following three points in an enforcement decree or assessment guidelines to overcome the limitations of environmental impact assessment:
- First, predict the effect of long-term emissions for at least 20 years and establish a mitigation plan, considering the permanent effect of greenhouse gas emissions from projects subject to climate change impact assessment;
- Second, put in place a follow-up verification system to periodically investigate actual emissions after the completion of projects; and
- Third, specify a mechanism to determine consistency with the goals of the national vision or related local governments