기후변화 대응 기술 용어 개념의 특징과 상호 연관성에 대한 연구

Abstract

Technology has gained importance as the key means of tackling climate change. There is a plethora of technology terminologies that are being used in the policy-making and negotiation process at both domestic and international levels in the issue area of climate change. A few examples include environmentally sound technology, green technology, climate technology, clean technology, low carbon technology, low/zero/negative emission technology, and appropriate technology. These terminologies coexist and overlap both conceptually and practically, but also differ in some ways. Accordingly, this paper attempts to investigate how these terminologies are similar and different through exploring their backgrounds, definitions, characteristics, and practical uses and analyzing the relationships amongst them. This paper sets an analytical framework with three conceptual pillars of sustainable development: environmental soundness, economic soundness, and social soundness. First, an analysis of whether each of the afore-mentioned seven terminologies conceptually holds the characteristics of environmental, economic, and social soundness is undertaken. The analytical results demonstrate the conceptual relationships among the terminologies. Secondly, this paper compares the afore-mentioned terminologies’ technology classification systems in Korea, and shows the core technology group of each terminology and the practical relationships among the terminologies. It concludes with policy and scholarly implications and future research ideas.