Korea’s Environmental Sustainability Leadership in East Asia and Beyond

Environmentnl problems but cspecial1y those related 10 green house gas (CHC) cmÎssions pr， ;ent huge col1ecti‘e action d iffìlti es， as Ih so urα of the problems are loca\ while thc effects a re Irans-nationaL Efforts t。∞n trol polution can a lso Iimit rapid gro‘,\ Ih, but it is c1aimed here that application of thc newest advancements in GHG-related technology can mitigate some of thcse costs. This paper examines the pot인ltial for the combined mobiliιa tion of scien and technology (5& T) on the one hand, and global and regional coordina tion On the othcr . ith partiα lar attention 10 Korea’s prospcctive role in NortheaSI Asia. With ilS robust stratesy. s treamlined burea ucracy, and firm-lec’ CHG-related S& Toutpul, Korea is poised 10 facilitate regional research projects and technology transfer. Without a more ∞ncerted emphasis on basic R&D in Ù.is area, though, its breakthrough tedmologies willlead only to mina l， short-lived inCTeases in pru ctivity