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Analysis of Modality and Procedures for CCS as CDM Project and Its Countmeasures

CCS 기술의 CDM 사업화 수용에 대한 방식과 절차 분석 및 대응방안 고찰

  • Noh, Hyon-Jeong (Offshore CCS Research Unit, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology) ;
  • Huh, Cheol (Offshore CCS Research Unit, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology) ;
  • Kang, Seong-Gil (Offshore CCS Research Unit, Maritime and Ocean Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
  • 노현정 (한국해양과학기술원 선박해양플랜트연구소 해양CCS연구단) ;
  • 허철 (한국해양과학기술원 선박해양플랜트연구소 해양CCS연구단) ;
  • 강성길 (한국해양과학기술원 선박해양플랜트연구소 해양CCS연구단)
  • Received : 2012.05.04
  • Accepted : 2012.06.04
  • Published : 2012.08.25

Abstract

Carbon dioxide, emitted by human activities since the industrial revolution, is regarded as a major contributor of global warming. There are many efforts to mitigate climate change, and carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (CCS) is recognized as one of key technologies because it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions from large point sources such as a power station or other industrial installation. The inclusion of CCS as clean development mechanism (CDM) project activities has been considered at UNFCCC as financial incentive mechanisms for those developing countries that may wish to deploy the CCS. Although the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the UNFCCC's Kyoto Protocol (CMP), at Cancun in December 2010, decided that CCS is eligible as CDM project activities, the issues identified in decision 2/CMP.5 should be addressed and resolved in a satisfactory manner. Major issues regarding modalities and procedure are 1) Site selection, 2) Monitoring, 3) Modeling, 4) Boundaries, 5) Seepage Measuring and Accounting, 6) Trans-Boundary Effects, 7) Accounting of Associated Project Emissions (Leakage), 8) Risk and Safety Assessment, and 9) Liability Under the CDM Scheme. The CMP, by its decision 7/CMP.6, invited Parties to submit their views to the secretariat of Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), SBSTA prepared a draft modalities and procedure by exchanging views of Parties through workshop held in Abu Dhabi, UAE (September 2011). The 7th CMP (Durban, December 2011) finally adopted the modalities and procedures for CCS as CDM project activities (CMP[2011], Decision-/CMP.7). The inclusion of CCS as CDM project activities means that CCS is officially accredited as one of $CO_2$ reducing technologies in global carbon market. Consequently, it will affect relevant technologies and industry as well as law and policy in Korea and aboard countries. This paper presents a progress made on discussion and challenges regarding the issue, and aims to suggest some considerations to policy makers in Korea in order to demonstrate and deploy the CCS project in the near future. According to the adopted modalities and procedures for CCS as CDM project activities, it is possible to implement relevant CCS projects in Non-Annex I countries, including Korea, as long as legal and regulatory frameworks are established. Though Korea enacted 'Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth', the details are too inadequate to content the requirements of modalities and procedures for CCS as CDM project. Therefore, it is required not only to amend the existing laws related with capture, transport, and storage of $CO_2$ for paving the way of an prompt deployment of CCS CDM activities in Korea as a short-term approach, but also to establish the united framework as a long-term approach.

유엔기후변화협약회의(UNFCCC)에서는 이산화탄소 포집 및 저장(Carbon dioxide capture and storage, CCS)의 부족한 경제성 확보 및 개발도상국으로의 확대의 하나의 방편으로 CCS를 청정개발체제(Clean Development Mechanism, CDM)로 수용하는 것에 대한 논의가 2005년부터 진행되었다. CCS의 CDM 수용과 관련하여 CCS 기술보유국 및 산유국과 개발도상국간의 의견차이로 인하여 합의를 이루지 못하고 논의가 거듭되다, '10.12월 칸쿤 회의결과, CCS의 CDM 수용 가능성에 대해 합의가 이루어졌다(CMP[2010], Decision7/CMP.6). 당시 당사국들은 CCS의 CDM 수용을 위해 방식 및 절차에 관련한 주요 이슈, 즉, 1) 저장지 선정, 2) 모니터링, 3) 모델링, 4) 경계, 5) 누수 측정 및 계산, 6) 월경 효과, 7) 연계프로젝트 배출 계산, 8) 위해성 및 안전성 평가, 9) CDM 체제하의 책임 등에 대한 합의를 우선 요구하였으며, 동기간 동안 과학 기술자문부속기구(SBSTA)에서는 의견 교환 및 워크숍 개최 등을 통해 방식 및 절차에 대한 초안을 마련하였다. 이 초안을 바탕으로 '11년 12월 남아공 더반 회의에서 마침내 CCS기술을 CDM으로 수용키로 최종 합의하였다(CMP[2011], Decision-/CMP.7). CCS의 CDM 수용은 단순히 경제적 인센티브의 제공이라는 의미를 넘어 CCS 기술이 국제사회에서 이산화탄소 저감기술로 공식적으로 인정받았다는 것을 의미하기에 국내의 관련 기술 및 산업뿐만 아니라 법 정책적 측면에서도 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 보인다. 이에 본 논문에서는 각 이슈들에 대한 국제적 논의 동향을 분석하고, 이를 통해 현재 우리나라가 계획하고 있는 CCS 실용화를 위해 선행되어야 할 정책적 고려 사항을 도출하였다. 금번에 채택된 CCS기술의 CDM 체제 방식 및 절차에 따르면, 우리나라와 같은 비부속서 I 당사국도 방식 및 절차에서 제시한 법 제도를 수립할 경우 CCS CDM 사업 활동 수행이 가능하다. 현재 우리나라는 상위법인 '저탄소 녹색성장 기본법'이 제정되어 있으나 CCS CDM 방식과 절차에서 요구하고 있는 세부 법 제도 프레임웍은 미비한 상황이다. 따라서 단기적으로 포집, 수송, 저장 분야 별로 관련법 개정을 통해 CCS CDM 기반 조기 마련과 함께 장기적으로는 단일법 제정을 포함한 CDM 체제 하의 CCS 사업관련 종합적 법제도 기반을 준비할 것을 제언하고자 한다.

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