A Framework for achieving carbon-free society

Title : A Framework for achieving carbon-free society

Abstract:

A variety of strategies are being implemented to reduce the emission of human induced greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide in relation to climate change at a global, national and regional level for achieving a low-carbon and carbon-neutral society.

The ultimate goal of climate change strategy is to achieve a carbon-free society which is the original state of atmosphere before industrialization has been advanced in the 18th century. Nonetheless, it is quite rare to establish and implement strategies for achieving a carbon-free society.

In such context, this paper will present a framework for achieving carbon-free society through overcoming the limitations inherent in the existing strategies of low-carbon and carbon-neutral society. The presentation will be composed of four parts as below.

• The difference in the concept and implication of low-carbon, carbon-neutral and carbon-free will be examined.
• The limitation inherent in the existing low-carbon and carbon-neutral strategies will be critically examined in terms of their measures for achieving carbon-free society.
• A framework for achieving a carbon-free society will be presented in a way to overcoming the limitations inherent in the existing low-carbon and carbon-neutral strategies, focusing on overall direction of nature-based and technology-based approach, major socio-economic sectors and strategies to be included, and methodologies for analyzing the efficiency and effectiveness of the strategies.
• As a concluding remark, what capacity should be built will be discussed for achieving a carbon-free society

Audience take-away:

• The difference in the concept and implication of low-carbon, carbon-neutral and carbon-free. 
• What sectors of nature and socio-economy should be covered for achieving a carbon-free society as a response to climate change.
• What capacity should be built for achieving successfully a carbon-free society.
   

Biography:

Dr. Dai-Yeun Jeong is presently the Director of Asia Climate Change Education Center and an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sociology at Jeju National University (South Korea). He received BA and MA Degree in Sociology from Korea University, and PhD in Environmental Sociology from University of Queensland (Australia). He was a Professor of environmental sociology at Jeju National University (South Korea) from 1981 to 2012. His past major professional activities include a Teaching Professor at University of Sheffield in UK, the President of Asia-Pacific Sociological Association, a Delegate of South Korean Government to UNFCCC and OECD Environmental Meeting, etc. He has published 13 books including Environmental Sociology.