A Study on the Korean Railroad’s GHG Reduction Strategies for Counteracting Climate Change

초록

The aim of this project was to establish GHG reduction strategies in Korean railroad to support government policies based on the new national vision. If preventative measures are not taken to reduce the CO2 emissions in Korean railroad, it will increase significantly by 2020. This increase will be caused by the result of a shift in traffic volume from other modes of transportation to railroad. Our action plan to reduce GHG in railroad focused mainly on promoting new R&D projects. The government will finance the R&D projects. These efforts to reduce carbon emissions will make railroad a more the competitive mode of transportation, even though new traffic modes such as electric car and fuel cell bus are emerged in the future market.