동북아 지역환경협력레짐의 구축

황사문제를 중심으로

Northeast Asia environmental cooperation regime still remains in an early stage. This article reviewed the current state of the yellow sand wind/storms in Northeastern Asia and explored the possibility of building a sustainable regime of regional environmental cooperation in their own ways. It has been witnessed that the governments of Korea, China, and Japan have established a mechanism for exchanging information and solving environment problems through intergovernmental networks such as TEMM, NESPEC, etc. Building up a more systematic environmental regime is suggested in this paper. Cooperation among the interested parties in the Northeast Asia region to solve the yellow sand storms problem may be difficult because the most important functions are carried out by intergovernmental national actors with a selfish motive. It may be helpful to construct a bilateral cooperation, because it will provide a discussion channel for establishing an environmental regime in this region. Yet, transnational environmental problems like the yellow sand storms issue urge nongovernmental actors to take a more aggressive role in dealing with itself. The different role played by various actors in the environmental cooperation network may make the building of an environment regime easier. In order to solve a regional problem like that of yellow sand storms in Northeast Asia, therefore, transnational solidarity between civil societies must be promoted. In this respect, a coordination organization and regional leadership that can manage cooperation networks and promote solidarity among Northeast Asian countries are required.