지역 불평등을 고려한 기후 정의 평가: 폭염을 중심으로

Abstract

Abnormal climate phenomena caused by climate change are becoming more frequent and causing growing environmental, social, and economic damage. This has led to the expectation of further discussion and movements related to climate justice both domestically and internationally. Accordingly, research evaluating and analyzing climate justice is necessary. Therefore, this study seeks to conduct climate justice analysis for local governments in Korea. An analysis of climate justice was carried out for all local governments in Korea, focusing on the heatwave among abnormal climate phenomena caused by climate change. In order to discover climate injustice in each region, local governments with higher levels of vulnerability and exposure indicators among heatwave-prone areas were identified. Urban areas with a high population density, a large total population, a low urban green plot ratio, and a high urbanization area ratio were most likely to be climate injustice areas. Also, some local governments with climate injustice have a higher number of recipients of basic living support but fewer emergency medical facilities and cooling shelters compared to other local governments. Local governments that are vulnerable to climate injustice should be prioritized in terms of receiving support to address these inequalities, in order to provide services for climate-vulnerable groups suffering from climate crises caused by climate change.