The future of Sudokwon landfill site
After completing the landfill on the vast landfill site of 20 million m2, it will be transformed into a beautiful eco-park. Notably, it has been decided that the golf, swimming and equestrian events of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games will be held in the Sudokwon landfill site, and the stadiums for the swimming and equestrian events are currently under construction.
Yoon-Hee Kim is the head of Green Tech Research Centre
Email: hah501@empal.com
Kyoto protocol and the CDM
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialized countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment (called Annex One countries) to invest in ventures that reduce emissions in developing countries as an alternative to more expensive emission reductions in their own countries.
The CDM allows net global greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced at a much lower global cost by financing emissions reduction projects in developing countries where costs are lower than in industrialized countries. The CDM allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn CER credits, equivalent to one tonne of CO2. These CERs can be traded, and used by industrialized countries to a meet their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.