Towards and Beyond Retirement [은퇴를 맞이하면서]

성교수는 2017년 은퇴 후 1 년 반 동안 ETRI(한국전자통신연구원)에서 초빙연구원으로 30 여년 간의 연구경험을 젊은 연구원들과 공유하였으며, 한국연구재단 주관 미래과학기술포럼 ICT분과 공동의장으로 <지능연결사회 대비 과학기술자가 바라본 미래기술>에 대한 포럼을 진행한 바 있다. 개인적인 연구의 관심사는“우리 인류가 살고 있는 지구는 지속가능한가?”라는 Sustainability(지속가능성) 주제인데 세부적으로는 지구에서의 인구문제, 식량문제, 에너지 문제, 기후변화 문제, 환경문제, 물 문제, 자원 문제, 전염병 문제, 생태계 문제, 탈탄소 문제 등의 주제에 대하여 청소년과 대중을 위한 강연을 해오고 있다.

After retiring in 2017, Professor Sung worked as a visiting researcher at ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) for a year and a half, sharing his 30 years of research experience with young researchers, and also co-chaired the ICT (Information & Communication Technology) division Forum of the Future Science and Technology Forum hosted by the National Research Foundation of Korea in 2017. The main theme of the forum was  “Future technologies as observed by scientists and engineers in preparation for our future connected society.” Professor Sung's personal research interest is  sustainability issues, “Is the Earth where we live sustainable?” Specifically, the sustainability issues generally cover various issues in population, food, energy, climate change, environments, water, mineral and natural resources, ecological system, etc. He has been giving lectures for youth and the public on topics such as resource depletion, climate change, environment, food, infectious diseases, ecosystem, and decarbonization.

Sustainability

Sustainability generally refers to the ability to maintain or support a process continuously over time. For example, sustainability in natural resources seeks to prevent the depletion of natural resources, so that they will remain available continuously for the long term. The concept of sustainability is often broken down into three pillars: economic, enviromantal, and social. The concept of "economic sustainability" aims to conserve the natural resources that continuously provide renewable and non-renewable  resources for  economic production continuously over time. The concept of "environmental sustainability" more focuses on the life support system, such as the atmosphere, soil, water, and environment for our human living. On the other hand, the concept of "social sustainability" refers to various human effects of economic systems, including human efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, to reduce inequalities, and improve gender equality. [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sustainability.asp]

 All United Nations member states adopted "The 2030 Agenda for Sustainability Development" which provides a shared blueprint for peace and properity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. 

Sustainable Development Goals set by UNDP[https://sdgs.un.org/goals]

• Leasders from 139 countries created a plan called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015.

• This set of 17 goals imagines a future just 15 years off that would be rid of poverty and hunger, and safe from the worst effects of climate change. [UNDP 139개국 전문가들이 17개 지속성장개발 목표 설정]

  1. 빈곤 퇴치(No Poverty): End extreme poverty in all forms by 2030.

  2. 기아 퇴치( Zero Hunger): End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

  3. 건강과 복지(Good Health and Well-being): Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.

  4. 고품질 교육(Quality Education): Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education an dpromote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

  5. 성평등(Gender Equality): Achieve gender equality and empower all wpmen and girls.

  6. 맑은 물과 위생(Clean Water and Sanitation): Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

  7. 경제적이고 청정한 에너지(Affordable and Clean Energy): Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

  8. 양질의 일자리와 경제성장(Decent Work and Economic Growth): Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

  9. 산업, 혁신과 공공기반시설(Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure): Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

  10. 불평등 감소(Reduced Inequalities): Reduce inequality within and among countries. 

  11. 지속성장 가능한 마을(도시)(Sustainable Cities and Communities): Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

  12. 책임소비와 생산(Responsible Consumption and Production): Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

  13. 기후변화 대응 활동(Climate Action): Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

  14. 해양자원의 보존과   지속적인 활용(Life below Water): Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

  15. 지상생태계의 보존, 유지, 지속활용(Life on Land): Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably  manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

  16. 지속성장 사회 구현을 위한 제도(Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions): Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

  17. 지속성장개발 목표달성위한 협력 (Partnership for the Goals): Strengthen the means  of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

Some References Related to Sustainability Issues

1.  Sustainability in General

• https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/       The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition

• https://sdgs.un.org/gsdr/gsdr2023      Global Suatainability Development Report (GSDR) 2023

• https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2024.pdf?_gl=1*73951u*_up*MQ..&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5babq47DhQMVx9UWBR05IwE2EAAYAiAAEgJG9vD_BwE    The Global Risks Report 2024, 19th Edition, World Economic Forum.

2. Human Population

• https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/   Current World Population

• https://populationmatters.org/lp-the-facts/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIndjNtYzDhQMV6MZMAh2lyAe2EAMYASAAEgI_svD_BwE    Population Matters

• https://2023-wpds.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-World-Population-Data-Sheet-Booklet.pdf    2023 World Population Data Sheet

• https://www.un.org/en/video/un-world-population-report-5-key-facts         UN World Population Report: 5 Key Facts 

3. Climate Change

• https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjbiw_Zu8hQMVRwt7Bx0tngrVEAAYASAAEgK6M_D_BwE     WMO | State of Global Climate 2023 Report

• https://library.wmo.int/records/item/68585-the-global-climate-2011-2020   The Global Climate 2011-2020

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/synthesis-report-ipcc-sixth-assessment-report-ar6?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsLyvm4fDhQMV4C57Bx1cKwNBEAAYASAAEgLurfD_BwE     Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), March 2023. 

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/emissions-gap-report-2023-broken-record-temperatures-hit-new-highs-yet-world-fails-cut-emissions-again?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvuT4x53DhQMVQPdMAh1EYgIdEAAYASAAEgJ-0_D_BwE    Emissions Gap Report 2023, UN Envirobment Programme(UNEP)

• https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/2023   Monthly Global Climate Report, NOAA National Cemters for Environmental information, Monthly Global Climate Report

4. Food

• https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4010710?v=pdf   Global Report on Food Crises 2023

• https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en?details=cc3017en   The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023, FAO.

• https://www.unep.org/resources/report/unep-food-waste-index-report-2021  UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021, UN Environment Programme.  

5. Water

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/united-nations-world-water-development-report-2023-partnerships-and-cooperation-water-enit?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwbbqs5LDhQMVHdEWBR0QZAOmEAAYASAAEgLV1fD_BwE     The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023: Partnerships and cooperation for water

• https://www.cdp.net/en/research/global-reports/global-water-report-2022?cid=309699438&adgpid=50349551406&itemid=&targid=kwd-1663807042&mt=b&loc=1009880&ntwk=g&dev=c&dmod=&adp=&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI57f09ZLDhQMVCPdMAh1qDA4sEAAYASAAEgJgRfD_BwE   Global Water Report 2022 

6. Energy

• https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023     World Energy Outlook 2023, IEA.

• https://www.irena.org/Digital-Report/World-Energy-Transitions-Outlook-2023  World Energy Transition Outlook 2023, IRENA(Int. Renewable Energy Agency)

• https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/AEO_Narrative_2021.pdf     Annual Energy Outlook 2021 with Projections to 2050, U.S. Energy Information Administration.

• https://hydrogencouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Hydrogen-for-Net-Zero.pdf  Hydrogen for Net-Zro: A Critical Cost-Competitive Energy Vector, Hydrogen Council and McKinsey & Company, 2021.

• https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25932/accelerating-decarbonization-of-the-us-energy-system  Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System (2021), National Academies.

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7. Environment

• https://www.unep.org/annualreport/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwM2q3JzDhQMVx80WBR0DiAzFEAAYASAAEgL6KvD_BwE    Keeping the promise: Annual report 2023, The UN Environment Programme(UNEP).

• https://www.epa.gov/report-environment   United States Environmental Protection Agency

• https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental-statement-report-2022   Environmental Statement 2022, European Environmental Agency.

• https://link.epo.org/web/general/annual-review-2022/en-environmental-report-2022.pdf   Environmental Report 2022, European Patent Office.

• https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/transport-and-environment-report-2022   Transport and Environment Report 2022, European Environment Agency.

• https://sustainability.google/reports/google-2023-environmental-report/    2023 Environmental Report, Google.

8. Resources

• https://www.unep.org/resources/Global-Resource-Outlook-2024  Global Resources Outlook 2024, UNEP, International Resource Panel (IRP).

• https://www.angloamerican.com/~/media/Files/A/Anglo-American-Group-v5/PLC/investors/annual-reporting/2023/ore-reserves-and-mineral-resources-report-2023.pdf    Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2023, Anglo American Plc.

• https://www.goldfields.com/mineral-resources-reserves-report.php     Mineral resources and Mineral reserves Supplement 2023, Gold Fields Limited.

9. Ecosystems

• https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment  Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, ipbes(Intergovermental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services).

• https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2023/digest/    Global Risks Report 2023, World Economic Forum.

10. Health and Infectious Diseases

• https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/44850/9789241564489_eng.pdf   Global Report for Research on Infectious Diseases of Poverty, WHO.

• https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html   Coronavirus Resource Center, Johns Hopkins University & Medicine.

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11. Anthropocene (인류세)

• https://www.undp.org/belarus/publications/next-frontier-human-development-and-anthropocene  The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Angthropocene, 2018.

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00675-8   Geologists reject the Anthropocene as Earth’s new epoch — after 15 years of debate, 20240306.

• Projecting the Anthropocene: A Multidisplinary Approach, The 2nd international Symposium on Anthropocene Studies, KAIST, Sep. 2-4, 2024.

• 브뤼오 라트르, 박범순, 지구와 충돌하지 않고 착륙하는 방법: 신기후체제의 정치, 2021.

12. Decarbonization

• https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/45095/global_status_report_buildings_construction_2023.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y  Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction.

• https://unfccc.int/documents/278469?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgKagscvFhQMVqCx7Bx0krg4-EAAYAiAAEgL9gfD_BwE  Net Zero by 2050:  A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, A Special Report by the International Energy Agency(IEA).

• https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050  Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, IEA

• https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2022/an-updated-roadmap-to-net-zero-emissions-by-2050  An Updated Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions by 2050, IEA

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/us-long-term-strategy.pdf  The Long-Term Strategy of the United States: Pathways to Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050.

• https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9888/  The UK's PLans and Progress to Reach Net Zero by 2050.

• https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/other/dels/net-zero-emissions-by-2050/   Getting to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050, The National Academies.

• https://www.irena.org/Digital-Report/World-Energy-Transitions-Outlook-2023  World Energy Transition Outlook 2023, IRENA(Int. Renewable Energy Agency)

• https://www.dnv.com/energy-transition-outlook/download/  World Energy Transition Outlook 2024, DNV.

Professor Sung's  Lecture/Seminar Presentations

2015년

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: ETRI의 정체성, 새통사(새로운 통찰을 생각하는 사람들) 강연 10차, 20150331.

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: ETRI의 인재 관리, 새통사 강연 12차, 20150414.

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: ETRI의 창의성 관리, 새통사 강연 14차, 20150428.

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: 미래기술 메가트렌드, 새통사 강연 16차, 20150519.

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: 주요기업의 기술혁신, 새통사 강연 29차, 20150828.

•   환골탈태한 ETRI 미래모습: 미래를 위한 전략, 새통사 강연 32차, 20150918.

2016년

•   지금의 화두는 무엇인가?, 새통사 강연 63차, 20160902.

2017년

•   미래과학기술포럼 3월 발제, 한국연구재단 ICT Forum. 20170323.

•   현대문명사회의 문제와 제4차산업혁명적 대응방안 I, 새통사 강연 82차, 20170324.

•   미래과학기술포럼 4월 발제, 한국연구재단 ICT Forum, 20170420.

•   현대문명사회의 문제와 제4차산업혁명적 대응방안 II, 새통사 강연 84차, 20170421.

•   미래과학기술포럼 5월 발제, 한국연구재단 ICT Forum, 20170524.

•   현대문명사회의 문제와 제4차산업혁명적 대응방안 III, 새통사 강연 87차, 20170526.

•   Technical Issues in Smart Grid, ETRI 융합클러스터 강연, 20170928.

•   북유럽 5개국 여행기, 새통사 강연 110차, 20171215.

2018년

•   ETRI 혁신 TFT 발표. 20180329.

•   ETRI 혁신 인사시스템 발표, 20180404.

•   ETRI 혁신안 발표, 20180612.

•   미래지향적 스마트교육의 요구사항, ETRI, 20181026.

2019년

•   ICT 기반의 스마트 양식 기술동향, ETRI, 20190612.

•   Keynote Speech on Smart Energy Issues, KEPCO International Forum, 20190827.

2020년

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 지구의 역사와 기후변화, 새통사 강연, 20200612.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 인구문제와 식량문제, 새통사 강연, 20200710.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요?  에너지 문제, 새통사 강연, 20200904.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제, 대전중학교, 20200922.

•   2050년의 지구 기후변화 속에 인류의 먹거리 문제를 해결할 수 있나, 대전중학교, 20200928.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 환경 문제, 새통사 강연, 20201023.

•   Smart Energy Issues, KAIST 원자력양자공학과 Lecture, 20201103.

2021년

•   Issues in Energy Big Data, KEPCO Cluster KAIST, 20210217.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요?  물 문제, 새통사 강연, 20210319.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 자원문제 I, 새통사 강연, 20210621.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제, 순천고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20210903.

•   인류의 식량문제를 대처할 과학기술은?, 벽동한장 과학마을 이야기, 20210914.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 자원문제 II, 새통사 강연, 20210927.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제, 군산고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20210910.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제? 창원 대암고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20211020.

•   미래 사회 자원고갈 문제 어떻게 해결할 것인가?, 경북대학교 MBA 대학원 강연, 20211106.

2022년

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 인간과 전염병, 새통사 강연, 20220314.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 생태계 I, 새통사 강연, 20220613.

•   인간과 전염병, 대전시 인재개발원 강연, 20220906.

•   2050년, 탈탄소사회로의 길, 전주 상산고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20220930.

•   2050년 지구: 인류, 당신들은 누구신가요? 지구의 역사 I, 부고모임, 20221027.

2023년

•   인류가 지구에 남기고 있는 발자국, 청조포럼, 20230316.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제? 경기도 향남고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20230714.

•   인류가 지구에 남기고 있는 발자국, IEEE LMAG 강연, 20231005.

•   2050년 대비 인류의 에너지 문제? 수원 유신고 강연, 한국과학기술한림원 한림원석학과의만남 프로그램, 20231013.

2024년

•   교토와 오사카 문화역사 탐방여행, 부고모임, 20240429.

•   교토와 오사카 문화역사 탐방, IEEE LMAG Meeting, 20240502.

•   탈탄소 시대에서 우리 인류는 에너지 문제를 해결할 수 있을까?, 부산 해동고 강연, 20240705.

•   스마트 물류, 전남대, 20240729.

•    제4차 산업혁명시대, 우리는 살아갈 준비가 되어 있나?, 전남대 여수캠퍼스 강연, 20241031.

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