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Impact and Interactions of Policies for Mitigation of Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Korea

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  • Inha Oh

    (Department of Advanced Industry Fusion, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea)

  • Wang-Jin Yoo

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea)

  • Yiseon Yoo

    (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, Sejong 30147, Korea)

Abstract

Korea faces a challenging task of simultaneously reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG). Since both are emitted from the same sources such as fossil fuel combustion and economic activities, there could be commonalities and interactions between the policies for reducing each of them. A static computable general equilibrium model is developed to observe the economic impact of policies for reducing air pollutants or GHG and the interactions between those policies in Korea. The results show that reducing one of the air pollutants, particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5 ) emissions by 30% from the business-as-usual (BAU) in 2022 will lead to reduction of GHG emissions by 22.8% below the BAU level, exceeding the national GHG reduction target. Also, by achieving the domestic GHG reduction target, which is 32.5% below the BAU level by 2030, PM 2.5 emissions will be reduced by 32.8%. The costs of reducing air pollutants and greenhouse gas are high, reaching from 0.34% to 1.75% of gross domestic product, and the reduction causes an asymmetrical damage to emission intensive industries. The sum of the benefits from air pollutants and GHG reduction is estimated to be 0.4 to 1.2 times greater than the costs, depending on the scenario.

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  • Inha Oh & Wang-Jin Yoo & Yiseon Yoo, 2019. "Impact and Interactions of Policies for Mitigation of Air Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-17, March.
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