Republic of Korea and IIASA Highlights
(2008-2014)
June 2014
CONTENTS
1. Summary2. National Member Organization3. Some Leading Korean Personalities Associated with
IIASA4. Research Partners5. Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights6. Capacity Building7. Further Information
SUMMARY (2008-2014)National Member Organization
National Research Foundation of Korea
Membership start date 2008
Research partners 17 organizations in Korea
Areas of research collaborations
Six shocks and KoreaSmart ways to clean up Korea’s airResearch to support green growth in KoreaAnalyzing global water challengesImproving forest management in KoreaThe future of fisheries Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in KoreaProjecting changing population and human capital in Korea
Capacity Building 12 doctoral students from Korea have participated in IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program and its new Southern African version
Other Interactions Over 50 researchers, advisors, and diplomats from Korea have visited IIASA, while IIASA scientists have visited Korea 100 times.
NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION
• National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)• Professor Min Keun Chung, President of NRF, is
the IIASA Council Member for Korea• The Director of NRF’s Center for International
Affairs, Dr. Soon-Ro Cho, is the NMO Secretary for Korea
SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN KOREA AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA
Seung-Jick Yoo Soogil Young
Jong-Guk Song Joon Sik Lee
RESEARCH PARTNERS
• 17 institutions in Korea, including: • Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center of Korea (GIR)• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)• Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI)• Korea University• Konkuk University (KU)• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport • National Institute of Environmental Research of Korea (NIER)• Pukyong National University• Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)• Seoul National University
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
Selected Highlights:• Six shocks and Korea• GAINS-KOREA• Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage• Water Futures and Solutions• Projecting changing population in Korea• Shrinking Korean Chum Salmon
SIX SHOCKS AND KOREALow probability but high impact events
SIX SHOCKS AND KOREAPrioritizing policies that maximize resilience
GAINS – KOREA
Year 2010
Year 2030
Impact Map in GAINS-Korea
Prototype (PM2.5)
BUILDING GAINS-KOREA
Energy & Mobile: Powerplant, industry, domestic, road and non-road transportations
Industry process: Industry process (part) and fugitive dust except agriculture
VOC- Solvents use(reversely calculated using GAINS emission factors) and industry process (part)Agriculture- Agriculture and fugitive dust of agriculture
Activities
ActivitiesEmission
factors
Tech.Penetration
Control Efficiency
GAINS-Korea
- Technologies mapping between CAPSS and GAINS
Technology mapping
- Source classifications of CAPSS mapping to gains sectors
- Fuel mapping between CAPSS and GAINS
Source and Fuel mapping
Calculate activities by GAINS sectors
Calculate technologies penetration
Use GAINS control efficiency according to technology mapping
From CAPSS: Uncontrolled emission factors from CAPSS for all sectors except VOCs
From GAINS: Solvent use for VOC sectors
Emission factors
Calculate weighted average of emission factors by detailed SCC of CAPSS
BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE & STORAGE (BECCS)
• Optimal location of green-field biomass plants (20 MW) in Korea
• Red shows bioenergy plants without carbon capture and storage
• Blue indicates BECCS unit locations on a light yellow background (geologically suitable formation for capture and storage of carbon).
Source: Kraxner F, Aoki K, Leduc S, Kindermann G, Fuss S, Yang J, Yamagata Y, Tak K & Obersteiner M (2014). BECCS in South Korea - Analyzing the negative emissions potential of bioenergy as a mitigation tool. Renewable Energy, 61:102-108
WATER FUTURES AND SOLUTIONS
Founding Partners:
An integrated analysis of global water challenges and solutions
Results to be published at:
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREA
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Republic of Korea - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
48.2 Million48.2 Million FemalesMales
48.2 Million
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREACONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Republic of Korea - Projections 2030 - SSP5
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
51.3 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREACONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
3000 2000 1000 0 1000 2000 3000
Republic of Korea - Projections 2060 - SSP5
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
50.3 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREA
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Republic of Korea - Base Year 2010
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
48.2 Million48.2 Million FemalesMales
48.2 Million
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREAFRAGMENTATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Republic of Korea - Projections 2030 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
48 Million FemalesMales
PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN KOREAFRAGMENTATION
0-45-9
10-1415-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465-6970-7475-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100+
3000 2000 1000 0 1000 2000 3000
Republic of Korea - Projections 2060 - SSP3
Population in Millions
Ag
e (
in Y
ea
rs)
36 Million FemalesMales
SHRINKING KOREAN CHUM SALMON
• Changing environmental conditions (commercial fishing, climatic change) are changing the traits of fish (growth and size at maturation)
• ~ 30 case studies including Korean Chum Salmon
• Implications for future size of fish stocks, and that evolutionary changes can take a long time to reverse
Urbach D, Kang M, Kang S, Seong KB, Kim S, Dieckmann U & Heino M (2012). Growth and maturation of Korean chum salmon under changing environmental conditions. Fisheries Research, 134-136:104-112
CAPACITY BUILDING• 11 doctoral students from Korea have won places on
IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program since 2008.
Southern-African Young Scientist Summer Program: (SA-YSSP)• Kyeongah Nah (SA-YSSP ’12-’13 &
University of Szeged), a Korean national, developed a model for predicting malaria incubation times under latitudinal and climate-induced changes in season lengths.
CAPACITY BUILDING
FURTHER INFORMATION
IIASA www.iiasa.ac.at
National Research Foundation of Koreahttp://www.nrf.re.kr