국내 자동차 온실가스 배출허용기준 설정에 관한 연구

Climate change is widely viewed as a significant long-term threat to the global environment. In Korea, transportation sources contributed approximately 18 percent of total national greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions in 2006. The administration has set the goal of cutting GHG emissions by 30 percent by 2020, relative to the “business as usual(BAU)”. In the green growth strategy, the reduction of GHG emissions in transportation sector is pursed through the establishment of a regulatory framework, such as new motor vehicle GHG emission standards. All manufacturers should be committed to reduce GHG emissions and make commensurate efforts. The ministry of environment established GHG emission standards pursuant to the Low Carbon Green Growth Framework Act. This study is about the process how to the regulation for GHG emission standards be issued. GHG emission standards are curb weight-based, each vehicle has a different GHG emissions compliance target depending on its weight value. Generally, the heavier the vehicle weight, the higher the corresponding vehicle GHG emission target. Each manufacturer will have its own fleet-wide standard which reflects the vehicles it produce.