This report was initiated to study the issue of the need to fully examine the various possibilities of how to link the issues of environment and peace in order to transform the “Green Détente,” proposed as a commitment for peace on the Korean Peninsula by the Yoon administration, into a feasible policy for the future.
By examining the theoretical discussions in peacebuilding related to the nature of “Green Détente,” the report looked into what efforts should logically precede the realization of “Green Détente” as a viable policy vision. The report also explored the theoretical concepts involved in the transition to “Green,” representing environmental cooperation, to “Détente,” which signifies a structural transformation of Cold War-like conflicts towards peacebuilding, and the necessary preconditions, stages, and mechanisms for achieving peacebuilding through environmental cooperation.