[Abstract]
Introduction
Current Status of Climate Change Adaptive Policies and Progression in Developed Countries
National Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Progress Evaluation System
Local Government Climate Change Adaptation Plan Assessment System and Related Issues
Method and Application
- Climate Change Vulnerability
- VESTAP (Vulnerability assESsment Tool to build a climate change Adaptation Plan)
- Assessment of Pine Tree Vulnerability to Diseases and Pests
Results and Discussion
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This study applies the concept of climate change vulnerability assessment in order to suggest climate change adaptation
effects in a quantitative manner, given that previous studies have hitherto rely on qualitative assessment, as climate
change adaptive policies are currently being implemented by local governments of Korea. The vulnerability assessment
tool used in this study is VESTAP (“Vulnerability assESsment Tool to build a climate change Adaptation Plan”), which
was developed by the Korea Adaptation Center for Climate Change (KACCC), and applied to gauge the vulnerability
of pine trees to diseases and pests within Chungcheongnam-do. The climate change adaptation project for vulnerability
improvement was assessed only in terms of forest disaster prevention and change in regional climate change vulnerabilities
within 16 regions of Chungcheongnam-do as the result of 2016 Climate Change Adaptation Project (Forest Disaster
Prevention Project). As a result, it was observed that climate change adaptive capacity has improved according to change
in the area of forestland with disaster prevention, and the vulnerability indicator decreased, confirming the impact
of the climate change adaptation (forest disaster prevention) project. Also, analysis of regional climate change adaptation
project scales and change in vulnerabilities allowed us to determine the regional propriety of climate change adaptation
(forest disaster prevention) projects launched in 2016.