A Message From the Seoul Climate-Energy
Conference 2015: Five Recommendations for the Successful March of Paris COP 21
2015 SEOUL CLIMATE-ENERGY CONFERENCE On the Road to Paris and Green Big Bang
November 20 (Fri) 09:00 - 18:30 Grand Ballroom JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square, Seoul, Korea
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Opening Plenary : Arrival of New Climate Energy Era Plenary Session I : COP 21- Prospects for New International Climate Regime Plenary Session II : Green Business and Sustainable Finance as Enablers Plenary Session III : Green Industrial Revolution Special Session : Institution Update Plenary Session IV : Revisiting Korean Green Growth and Future Tasks
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE TO THE SECOND SEOUL INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE-ENERGY CONFERENCE: "ON THE ROAD TO PARIS AND GREEN BIG BANG" Seoul, 20 November 2015
Your Excellency, Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyona, Chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute and Former President of the Republic of Indonesia.
Excellency Dr Lee Hoesung, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentleman.
It gives me pleasure to greet the Second Seoul International Climate – Energy Conference organized by KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth and the Coalition for Our Common Future.
You meet at a critical moment. In just ten days, world leaders will meet in Paris to forge a collective response to climate change.
National governments have agreed to the goal of limiting global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The climate action plans – the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions – submitted so far bend the global emissions curve downward, but much more effort is still needed – as soon as possible.
The transformation of the world’s energy systems is crucial for avoiding the worst consequences of climate change and setting the world on a more sustainable pathway. Our shared duty is to transition global energy systems in the direction of cleaner, lower-carbon sources, and to ensure the decarbonization of the world’s energy systems well before the end of the century.
Your efforts will contribute not only to meeting the climate challenge but also in implementing the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This Agenda is a roadmap to end global poverty – including energy poverty – and to help build a life of dignity for all on a healthy planet.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect the important role of sustainable energy for societies, economies and human wellbeing. SDG 7 calls for “ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all” by 2030. The Agenda also recognizes the close links between energy and the other SDGs, including the goal on climate change.
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These goals and understandings also underpin the Sustainable Energy for All initiative.
Thank you for your commitment to building a safer, more equitable and prosperous future for all. Please accept my best wishes for a successful conference.
2 Just ten days ahead of the Paris Climate Summit and the COP 21, the Second Seoul Climate- Energy Conference was held on the 20th of November, 2015. With more than 500 participants, including 36 distinguished speakers, around the world, under the theme of “On the Road to
Paris and Green Big Bang,” we came up with 『Five Recommendations for the Successful
March of Paris COP21』1
As we did last year with 『10 Things to do at the UN Climate Summit 2014』 at the First Seoul
Climate- Energy Conference, we have finalized our works after getting feedbacks from the participants.
Five Recommendations for the Successful March of Paris COP21
1. National Leaders Must Come Up with Climate Pledge and Future Strategy with at Least 10-year Timespan and Get Evaluation from the Public. We urge once again that each nation strengthen its governance structure to the highest level to address climate challenges and opportunities. Additionally, in order to secure policy commitments and enhance public engagement, we recommend national leaders who wish to run for presidency or head of state must come up with climate-related pledges and future strategies, with at least 10-years timespan during election campaign and get evaluation from the public. In this regard, we highly welcome many U.S. presidential candidates who are now coming up with climate agenda and pledges. We hope this could become the “New Normal” in political campaign among nations.
1 This document is written by Sang-Hyup Kim (Chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future and Visiting Professor of KAIST) who currently serves as the Co-chair of Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2015. ‘Five Recommendations for the Successful March of Paris COP 21’ is a product of the Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2015 held in Seoul, South Korea, on the 20th of November. It reflects on the points raised by various speakers and participants during the conference. For this message, 500 participants and plenary speakers; Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Assembly President & Council Chair of Global Green Growth Institute, the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia), Hoesung Lee (Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Jae Kyu Lee(Head of KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth), Javier Manzanares (CFO of Green Climate Fund), Duck- soo Han (Chairman of Climate Change Center & Former Prime Minister of Korea), David G. Victor ( Professor of UNSD), Zhang Haibin (Professor of Peking University), Mark Lippert (Ambassador for Embassy of the United States, Korea) Thomas Lehmann(Ambassador for Embassy of Denmark, Korea), Yvo de Boer (Director-General of Global Green Growth Institute) participated in creating valuable contribution. Additionally, it was also supported from the Korean government; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Ministry of Environment and Jeju Self-Governing Province with special speeches and contribute to host successful conference.
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2. Respect the Role of UN and Encourage Cooperation among Climate Regimes. While INDC is going to be the “default” of the new climate regime, the role of UN must be respected in spirit of ‘Pax Universalis’ built upon shared responsibilities and aspirations. It is important to enhance the degree of ambition and coordinate individual national interests to produce better and collective interest. Along with this, cooperation among climate related regimes should be encouraged. GGKP (Green Growth Knowledge Platform), among World Bank, UNEP, OECD and GGGI, might be an example.
Regional cooperation can be also facilitated by Climate Regimes. For example, in Asia, ADB has been operating since 1966 which was backed by Japan, and this year AIIB was launched by China. In Korea, there are two IOs already in operation since 2012, GGGI and GCF. If these 4 regimes work together, especially on tackling climate change and building green infrastructure such as low-emission energy system, we can create huge opportunities for sustainable development in Asia.
3. Send Strong Signal to the Market (e.g. Carbon Pricing), Firmly Secure Climate Finance, and Trigger “Green Big Bang.” In order for climate change to be a real opportunity for green industry and job creation and green economic transformation, we believe it is critical to send a strong signal to the market. This can be carbon pricing. Another critical thing to do is to firmly secure climate financing as agreed by the COP, $100 billion US annually from 2020. If these two are kept, it will not only help developing countries to cope with climate change, but it will also trigger green industrial revolution, or green big bang.
4. Boom-up Local Government Activities with Private-Public Partnership. If nation states and international regimes are making plans and policies for green transformation, then it is at the local governmental level where implementing actions actually take place. In this sense, we welcome several thousands of “total commitment to action” from local governments that have already been registered at the Paris meeting. ICLEI’s activities in achieving sustainability for local governments, and the activities by C40 Cities are also good examples. We especially need to boom up local government activities with private-public partnership. Private companies are also a key part of where the actions take place. In this regard, the case of Eco Platform in Jeju,
4 a partnership between Jeju Province, LG and KEPCO to realize carbon-free island, can serve as a notable example.
5. Strengthen Communication Platform and Epistemic Community to Enhance Public Awareness. We, humankind, have always excelled at identifying problems and solutions in order to survive. In order to survive once again, this time, we need to strengthen our communication platform and epistemic community. For example, “The Climate Times,” launched and curated by the “Coalition for our Common Future,” aims to an open communication platform for sharing ideas and insights of like-minded people to combat climate change. We believe when this kind of endeavor links together around the world with the spirit of coalition, it will contribute in enhancing public awareness and evolve into strong epistemic community for our sustainable future. When we have strategy, finance, technology, people, social activity, and communication platform together in an interoperable fashion, we can change the world. We may call this Green Cube architecture.
Two hundred years ago, in 1815, there held a historic meeting, the Congress of Vienna, which became the origin of modern diplomacy. However, Congress of Vienna was known for delaying its discussions and outcomes, which brought birth to the famous saying, “Le congrès danse beaucoup, mais il ne marche pas” (The congress dances, but does not progress).
Our aspiration is that the upcoming Paris Meeting would give birth to a new saying “Le congrès march beaucoup” (The conference marched really well and saved human kind).
Thank you. Merci beaucoup.
감사합니다. Sincerely,
Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2015
Conference Co-Chairs Sang-Hyup Kim, Chairman, Coalition for Our Common Future / Visiting Professor, KAIST.
5 Jae Kyu Lee, Head, Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST / President, Association of Information System. Keynote Speakers Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Assembly President and Council Chair, Global Green Growth Institute & the 6th President of THE Republic of Indonesia. Hoesung Lee, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Mark Lippert, Ambassador, Embassy of the United States, Korea. Hee-ryong Won, Governor, Jeju Self-Governing Province, Korea. Speakers (Ordered by Last Name) Byung-Ok Ahn, Head, Institute for Climate Change Action. Yvo de Boer, Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute. Jai-Chul Choi, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea. Tae-Seok Ha, Vice President, Hi-Tech Business Division, LG CNS. Duck-Soo Han, Chairman, Climate Change Center & Former Prime Minister of Korea. Woohyun Hwang, Vice President, Smart Grid & Innovation Business Department, KEPCO. Yeon-man Jeong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment, Korea. Hee Jip Kim, Co-Chair, New Energy Industry Association. Hoe Jeong Kim, Director General, International Financial Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea. Hyung-kook Kim, Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University. Keon Kim, Emeritus Professor, Korea University Sung Woo Kim, Regional Head Climate Change & Sustainability Department in Asia Pacific, KPMG. Jang-Moo Lee, Chairman, KAIST. Suk Joon Lee, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Korea. Myoungjo Lee, Director, Zero Energy Architecture Center & Professor, Myongji University. Thomas Lehmann, Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Korea. Alex Lightman, Chairman, Everblaze. Javier Manzanares, CFO, Green Climate Fund. Jae-Do Moon, Vice Minister, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea.
6 Seung-Il Moon, President, Korea Electrical Engineering & Science Research Institute. Kyung Won Na, Chairwoman, National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee. Kwangwoo Park, Professor, KAIST. Emanuel Pastreich, Professor, Kyung Hee University. Kyungyeol Song, Associate Partner, Mckinsey & Company. Changmo Sung, President, Green Technology Center. David G. Victor, Professor, UC San Diego. Eunjoo A. Yi, Senior Operations Officer, the World Bank. SeungJick Yoo, President, Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center. Soogil Young, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Korea. Haibin Zhang, Professor, Peking University.
7 [Appendix. A Message from the Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2014: 10 Things To Do at the UN Climate Summit 2014]
Why we gathered
On the occasion of UN Climate Summit 2014, more than 500 experts and leaders on climate change have gathered in Seoul, Korea for Seoul Climate-Energy Conference on the 3rd of September 2014. We have come together as an extraordinary coalition of government, international organization, business, academia and civil society to suggest practical actions to combat climate change and achieve sustainable development.
As the Climate Summit 2014 intends to be an anchor to the COP 21, Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2014 aimed to facilitate UN Climate Summit by evaluating the achievements and limitations of the international efforts to combat climate change as well as seeking new strategies under the Durban Outcomes across various sectors.
The conference focused on three pillars; Global Governance Structure, Financing Mechanism and Technology to narrow down the different opinions between developed countries and developing countries in order to reach meaningful results for the road to reducing GHG emissions and strengthening low carbon development across the globe.
Common Understandings
Climate change has been unequivocally happening, posing the biggest challenge of our time. Together with the international community, we recognize, as supported by scientific findings that climate change has been mainly caused by anthropogenic activities including the use of fossil fuels.
Climate change is, accordingly, a common responsibility of the human civilization. All actors on Earth should determine their own contributions in due course based on their respective capabilities and take actions to achieve the shared objectives of the international community.
We must hold on to the guiding principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR) in the view that developed countries have historical responsibility on the accumulation of greenhouse gases, and thus need to be more ambitious in their efforts to address the climate
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And it is also important to note that not just the stock of the greenhouse gases in the pasts but also the flow of the present and the future should be fairly dealt with. Our efforts against global climate change need to be based upon effective and equitable principle and ‘Me- First’ attitude with voluntary will is highly required.
For a successful response to climate change, every nation must develop its own adequate economic development pathway in accordance with environmental resilient measures and focus on creating jobs as well as eradicating poverty towards sustainable development. Adaptation is another essential element in the climate change dilemma, particularly for the developing world. In this light, the international society should support and prioritize least developed countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are most vulnerable.
In the past few years, we have seen the growing consensus among various stakeholders over the effectiveness of Public Private Partnership (PPP) to combat climate change. Hence, it is crucial to ramp up our support to encourage further development in this area.
Based on our common understandings, we highly appreciate the importance of the UN Climate Summit 2014 and propose this ‘10 things to do’ to be strongly considered at the Summit for the successful agreement among the members of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC 2015. 2
10 Things To Do at the UN Climate Summit 2014
1. Institutionalize High-Level National Governance Structures and Align with
2This document is written by Professor Sang-Hyup Kim, KAIST, co-organizer of the Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2014, ‘10 things to do’ is a product of the Seoul Climate-Energy Conference held in Seoul South Korea on the 3rd of September. And as such it reflects the points raised by the various speakers and participants during the conference. For this message, wrap-up session was held with panelists; Seung-Hoon Lee(Co-chairman of Committee on Green Growth), Yvo de Boer(Director-General of Global Green Growth Institute), Hoesung Lee(Vice Chair of IPCC), Robert Stavins(Professor of Harvard University), James Sweeney( Professor of Stanford University), Changmo Sung (President, Green Technology Center). Also 500 participants and plenary speakers; Jae Kyu Lee(Head of KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth), Hela Cheikhrouhou(Executive Director of Green Climate Fund), Kilaparti Ramakrishna(Director of UNESCAP East and North-East Asia), Kejun Jiang(Director, Energy Research Institute NDRC, China) participated in creating valuable contribution. Additionally, it was also supported from the Korean government; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Ministry of Environment and Jeju Self-Governing Province with special speeches and contribute to host successful conference.
9 International Community. For a successful and universal agreement on climate change, which will be applicable to all parties, new climate regime needs to be based on a well-balanced multilateral cooperation system with stringency and flexibility, taking into consideration the member states’ willingness and capabilities. In this regard, we welcome a bottom-up approach such as utilize the concept of ‘Nationally Determined Contribution’ (NDC) and urge each country to institutionalize high-level national governance structure by law for the effective management of policies of climate change as well as sustainable development in the near and long term perspective. Moreover, in order to meet the degree of ambition needed, building a synergetic international network and cooperation system along with the domestic efforts to combat climate change need to be pursued at the same time. Leaders of the world are kindly advised to pay attention to the phrase “institutionalize internally and internationalize externally” the two key words for the successful launching of our new global climate regime.
2. Let Money Talk: Start Big from Public Money and then Vitalize Private Investment. To combat climate change, financing is indispensable. Active initiatives for sufficient resource mobilization are essential followed by the new and additional Climate Change Official Development Assistance (ODA) to facilitate sustainable development in all of the developing countries. Partner countries need to establish a Measurable, Reportable, Verifiable (MRV) system in order to secure adequate financial, technical and capacity building support. The international society should be active in the successful settlement of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) by facilitating resource mobilization including capitalization and by focusing on other imminent agendas that need global society’s proactive participation with trust. As the first step, developed countries should pledge significant financial contribution and also advanced developing countries should be active in conducting their due part through South-South Cooperation. Moreover, the GCF needs to develop a clear set of disbursement criteria in supporting the countries in need. Ultimately, ‘let money talk and change’ by developing attractive financing mechanisms and bankable projects.
3. Link Carbon Markets along with Creating Early Movers’ Benefit. Currently, about 40 Emission Trading Schemes have been introduced or to be introduced. The number of similar emission trading schemes is expected to increase significantly in the near future. For a successful operation of such policies, having a shared understanding of ‘carbon pricing’ is important. Each country needs to develop a flexible linkage between themselves and other states’ cap-and-trade schemes not to hampering the Common But Differentiated Responsibility
10 (CBDR) principle. Reflecting national circumstances, heterogeneous polices such as carbon tax and pay-for performance can be included with a thoughtful manner to ensure cost effective mitigation of greenhouse gases reflecting market mechanism and synergy effect. For a so- called ‘early mover benefit’, it is highly recommended that countries with Emission Trading Schemes further strengthen mutual cooperation amongst each other.
4. Set-Up Adequate Price Signal and Trigger New Energy Solution. The global society needs to come up with better energy solutions towards increased access to low-carbon and efficient energy sources. For that, leaders from around the world should send a strong signal to the market - that is pricing. It is commonly agreed that pricing is one of the most effective ways to stimulate the change we need by providing incentives and measures altogether. For example, setting up adequate electricity tariff can lead to reducing over-use of electricity and encouraging energy efficiency. Energy labeling and standardization of major energy products, facilities and equipment so that products and services that fall below these standards can be eventually phased out. In order to effectively manage the demand, providing real time energy use information to consumer through an internet-based smart metering system, which provides a profound insight into consumer behavior, is also recommended. In the same vein, subsidies on fossil fuels better be reduced as to not to exceed those on renewable energies in the short term. Gradually, fossil-fuel subsidies need to be abolished on the fulfillment of ensuring energy access for all. Looking at the urgency of climate-energy problems, it is also noteworthy that each member state set specific national goals, for example, annual energy intensity reduction by 1 %, carbon intensity reduction by 2% each year than historical rates. Also we need to accelerate every effort to provide equitable access to modern energy through Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All)
5. Scale-Up Green Market Globally. Global scale-up of the green market is a significant element in overcoming global climate change. For this, developing adequate standards along with clear definitions of green industries is necessary. It is considerable, at this juncture, for every nation to invest a certain amount of their GDP, for example over 1% of GDP into green industries and infrastructures while recognizing it would be far better off to develop market favorable mechanism. Especially, green industries with huge potentials of new growth and interoperability such as renewable energy, smart grid, green car, green building and energy storage systems need to be strategically cultivated and disseminated globally. In addition, a tailored international cooperation mechanism of adaptation for developing countries needs to
11 be implemented specifically in the areas of water resources, reforestation, agriculture, urban planning and social infrastructure. Moreover, international private community needs to pursue its concerted effort to embed green business strategy into overall core strategy of each sector and corporation.
6. Liberalize and Expand Green Trade As Much As Possible. Trade liberalization and expansion on environment and climate friendly goods and services is important as well. In this context, it is noteworthy that in 2012 Vladivostok, Russia, the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) confirmed their commitments to reduce applied tariff rates by five percent on 54 environmental goods by the end of 2015.Also recently 14 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched formal negotiations for an Environmental Goods Agreement. We welcome such initiatives showing that trade and climate regime can go together in a mutually beneficial way and urge other countries to come together to liberalize and increase trade in low-carbon environmental goods and services to promote green and sustainable development.
7. Build-Up Green Technology Database and Network for Enhanced International Cooperation. Among the nations, technology and business cooperation as well as research and development for green technology also play a vital role in making a dent in the climate challenge. It is necessary for individual countries to establish or designate its own technology institute solely focusing on climate change and supporting international networking thus enhancing international cooperation among the green technology sector. In this regard, the role of the Climate Technology Center and Network (CTCN), derived from the Durban COP 17 meeting, needs to be more visible. For enhanced international cooperation, building global technology database and knowledge sharing programs are also encouraged. And it would be worthy to organize a ‘Green-Tech Olympiad’ and award excellent inventions and outstanding technologies. Concerted efforts on scientific studies and public communications need to be done more to reduce uncertainties and facilitate proper decision-making.
8. Establish Green Education System and Nurture Human Capital Globally. To increase public awareness and capacity building on climate change, the development of human capital under a structured education system is critical. Each country needs to establish or designate more than one higher education institution focusing specifically on climate change and encourage global alliances to nurture human capital globally. In this context, it is notable that
12 the UNAI (UN Academic Initiative) can play an enabling role in green education around world.
9. Give a Chance to Politics. Politics always matters, in the end. Political willingness is essential to catalyze the movements toward our new climate regime. Leaders of each country must share and recognize the importance and urgency of the UN Climate Summit to draw a successful political momentum for the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC in Lima this year and finally in Paris in 2015. Rather than focusing on details, leaders of the world this time are kindly advised to focus on key directions and conduct their political missions so that domestic policies and systems can be harmonized with the results from the UN Summit Meeting.
10. Connect the Dots and Broaden Coalition of the Like-Minded. World leaders should encourage the widespread participation from all the people around the world including civil societies by sharing the recognition that climate change is directly connected to the collective destiny of both present and future generations. Even if the beginning of an effort is composed of small dots, by connecting dots around the world we can broaden the coalition of the like- minded and create the future we want.
Moving forward to ‘Green Big Bang’ Together
‘Green Big Bang’.
Ever since the Space Big Bang and the birth of our planet, human beings may be facing unprecedented challenges. Looking at the urgency and the magnitude of the global climate change, we simply cannot afford to waste of our time
If that is the case, we must tackle this with unprecedented courage and creative idea. That is why we need a spirit of green revolution or green big bang to change the world.
Let us bear in mind that it is only us who is stopping us and it is also us who is moving us.
So, let’s get out of the box and move together with audacity and endurance.
The Seoul Climate-Energy Conference Secretariat is in one with the speakers and participants of this conference in hoping for a very successful UN Climate Summit.
Sincerely,
13 Seoul Climate-Energy Conference 2014
Héla Cheikhrouhou, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund. Tae-yul Cho, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea Andrew Dalgleish, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Seoul, United Kingdom. Yvo de Boer, Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute. Yeon-man Jeong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment, Korea. Kejun Jiang, Director, Energy Research Institute NDRC, China. Hyunghwan Joo, Vice Minister, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea. Tae Yong Jung, Professor, Korea Development Institute, Korea. Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, President, KAIST, Korea. Sung Jin Kang, Professor, Korea University, Korea. Sang-Hyup Kim, Chairman, Coalition for Our Common Future/ Professor, KAIST, Korea. Dong Kwan Kim, Chief Strategy Officer, Hanwha Q CELLS, Germany. Hoesung Lee, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Jae Kyu Lee, Head, Graduate School of Green Growth, KAIST, Korea. Seung-Hoon Lee, Co-chairman, Committee on Green Growth, Korea. Suk Joon Lee, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Korea. Johannes Lüneborg, Head, Sustainability and Resource Productivity, McKinsey, Denmark. Seung-Il Moon, Professor, Seoul National University, Korea. Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Director, UN ESCAP East and North-East Asia. Rolf Schuster, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Seoul, Germany. Changmo Sung, President, Green Technology Center, Korea. Robert Stavins, Professor, Harvard University, USA. James Sweeney, Professor, Stanford University, USA. Hee-ryong Won, Governor, Jeju Self-Governing Province, Korea. SeungJick Yoo, President, Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center, Korea.
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Ahn, Byung-Ok Head Institute for Climate Change Action
— Dr. Ahn is the head of the Institute for Climate Change Action (ICCA), a nongovernmental organization providing research, analysis and commentary covering climate change and energy issues. He joined the Korean Institute for Pollution Problems (KIPP) in 1985 as a graduate student, when the environmental movement was just getting started in Korea.
As a German Öekumenisches Studienwerk scholar, he has spent time in Germany and researched ecology at the University of Essen. After earning a Doctoral degree in Germany, he returned to Korea to join the Korea Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), the biggest environmental NGO in Asia with about 40,000 members. In 2007, Dr. Ahn was selected as the Secretary General of KFEM and was involved in various environmental and societal issues in the country.
He provides theoretical and practical foundations for climate change mitigation and adaptation and lectures in diverse fora: universities, public policy workshops and training of civil society groups.
Yvo de Boer Director-General Global Green Growth Institute
— Yvo de Boer is the Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a Seoul-based international organization. Previously, de Boer served as a Global Chairman of Climate Change & Sustainability Services (CC&S) at KPMG. He led KPMG’s international network of climate change and sustainability consulting businesses which encompass several hundred sustainability professionals in over 60 countries.
Before joining KPMG in 2010, de Boer led the international process to respond to climate change in the role of Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2006 to 2010. Prior to his UN role, he was extensively involved in European Union environmental policy as a deputy Director General of the Dutch Environment Ministry. He also served as the vice-chair of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, and acted as an advisor to the Government of China and the World Bank. In 2011 he was appointed to chair the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Climate Change.
Throughout his career, de Boer has focused on the economics of climate and sustainability to help policy makers and the businesses in understanding the consequences of acting, or failing to act, in economic terms.
SEOUL CLIMATE-ENERGY CONFERENCE 2015 7 15 Speakers
Choi, Jai-chul Ambassador Ministry of Foreign Affairs
— Ambassador Jai-chul Choi has been working as a career diplomat of Korea specializing in International Economic Affairs, including global environment issues since 1981. Prior to his designation in May 2014 as Ambassador for Climate Change, he was the Director for the Environment and Science Division while also serving as Director-General for International Economic Affairs Bureau.
He also spent great amount of time abroad in the government. He served as the Minister of Korean Embassy in Paris, First Secretary of the Korean Embassy in Kenya, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Councilor of the Korean Permanent Mission to the OECD, and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Korean Permanent Mission to the OECD.
Ha, Tae-Seok Vice President Hi-Tech Business Division LG CNS — Mr. Ha is a VP in LG CNS and currently serves as the Leader for Innovative Energy Business Unit and he’s in charge of smart micro-grid business. Before joining this business unit, he worked as CSO & CMO of LG CNS. He is responsible for establishing enterprise level strategy and building up in-depth action plan to expedite it. Another role is to create strategic new business. He conducts all Top Management Meetings about strategic alliance with a lot of global companies such as IBM, HP and Soft Bank etc. He has various working experience. Prior to being part of the Strategy and Planning Unit, Mr. Ha worked in LG U+, as a leader of Mobile Business Unit. At that time he developed many kinds of mobile business relating B2B solutions. He also focused on IoT business especially telemetry, telematics, mobile payment and security areas. Before joining LG U+, he worked for LG Corporation, the holding company of LG Group. In those days, He checked the effectiveness of the strategy of each subsidiary and conducted strategic consensus meeting between LG Corp. And he worked for 4 years as a managing consultant in consulting division of LG CNS. Before joining LG Group, he worked for Investment banking firms for 5 years; 3 years as an equity analyst and 2 years as a portfolio manager and Investment Banker. When he was in Tong-yang Securities as an analyst, he was voted 4 times as a best analyst in IT Sectors in Korean Stock Markets by the portfolio managers and journalists and nominated as a Top 5 analyst in Global Emerging Markets by Reuters in 2000. He also had a lot of experience in Merger and Acquisitions. He graduated from Seoul National University (B.E.) and also got a Masters Degree from the same university.
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Han, Duck-Soo Chairman, Climate Change Center Former Prime Minister of Korea
— Han Duck-Soo served three years as Chairman and CEO of the Korea International Trade Association until February 2012. Prior to his appointment, he was Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States of the America from January 2009 to 2012. From April 2007 to February 2008, Chairman Han served as the 38th Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea after his nomination was approved by the National Assembly on April 2, 2007. In 2006, he was named Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Facilitating KORUS FTA, following his service as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy. Before being named Minister of Government Policy Coordination in early 2004, he worked as President of the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade. A s Korea’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mr. Han went to Paris in 2001 before returning to Seoul later that year to serve at the Blue House, first as Senior Secretary to the President for Policy and Planning and later as Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs. Mr. Han served as the Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1998 to 2001. He has made many contributions to the development and modernization of the Korean economy. Deregulation, market opening and strengthening of the market economy have been the three pillars of his philosophy and framework for the economic policy of Korea. Mr. Han earned a B.A. in economics from Seoul National University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He has been awarded Mugunghwa medal, Order of Civil Merit, and three Order of Service Merit medals.
Hwang, Woohyun Vice President Smart Grid & Innovative Business Department, KEPCO
— Dr. Hwang Woohyun is a Vice President, Head of the Smart Grid & Energy Storage System Department in KEPCO for developing and testing about smart grid products and technology from 2009. He studied electrical engineering at Chung-Ang University and finished his doctorial thesis in 2009 at the Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Industrial and Information Systems, Graduate School of IT policy and researched data mining. He worked in distribution parts such as planning, designing, operation and maintenance in KEPCO from 1986 to 2000. Also he was in charge of distribution automation system as a planning and deployment expert for whole branch office in KEPCO HQ until 2004. In 2005, as a manager of power supply he served customers at branch office. He attended that planning Smart Grid Test Bed Project for Jeju Island from 2008 with Government, where he also working for 4 years as a specialist and general manager at the department of smart grid in KEPCO HQ. Now He is preparing another big project about Smart Grid Deployment for all Metropolitan Area in Korea with Government after the end of smart grid test bed on May 31 in 2013.
SEOUL CLIMATE-ENERGY CONFERENCE 2015 9 17 Speakers
Jeong, Yeon-Man Vice-Minister Ministry of Environment
— Yeon-man Jeong is the Vice Minister of Environment. Prior to this position, he was the Deputy Minister of Planning & Coordination Department at the Ministry of Environment.
Jeong started his career as a government officer in 1983. He served as Director General of Nature Conservation Bureau; Director General of Resource Recirculation Bureau; Director General of Geum River Basin Environmental Office; Director General of Public Relations Bureau; Director General of Water Quality Conservation Bureau; and Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development. He also won the Presidential Citation Award in 1992.
Jeong holds a B.A. in Social Education from Seoul National University, an M.A. in Public Administration from Graduate School of Public Policy, Seoul National University, a M.A. in Public Policy from Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Law from Dong-A University, Korea.
Kim, Hee Jip Co-Chair New Energy Industry Association
— Kim, Hee Jip is currently serving as the Co-chairman of the Korea Energy New Business Committee which is part of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. He also teaches at Seoul National University as a Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Public Administration. He shares his insights on energy policies to the students.
His previously work experiences contributed mostly to the Korean government and public companies. He worked as the co-chairman of the Korea Energy New Business Committee of Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) together with the 2nd Vice Minister while also being the Advisory Board member. He worked for Accenture for more than 26 years, specializing in Business Strategy, and he was able to serve as Accenture’s Asia-Pacific Energy Industry Lead and Country Managing Director (CEO) of Accenture Korea.
Kim received a B.A. in Business Administration from Seoul National University, and MBA from University of Texas at Austin.
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Kim, Hoe Jeong Director General International Financial Cooperation Bureau Ministry of Strategy and Finance — Dr. Kim, Hoe Jeong is currently Director General of International Financial Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Before assuming his current position, he served as Director General for Statistics Policy Bureau at Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), the central government organization for statistics, from 2011 to 2014.
Since joining the Ministry of Strategy and Finance in 1990, Dr. Kim has served in various positions. From 2009 to 2010, he was Director of Customs Policy Division. From 2007 to 2008, he served as Director of Bilateral Customs Cooperation Division.
From 2010 to 2011, he worked at Presidential Council for Future and Vision. And from 2003 to 2006, he served as First Secretary for Economic and Financial affairs of Korean Embassy in Russian Federation.
Dr. Kim holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a MA in Public Administration and a BA in Economics from Seoul National University in Korea.
Kim, Hyung-kook Emeritus Professor Seoul National University
— Dr. Kim, Hyung-Kook was a professor at Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Seoul National University from 1975 to 2007, and he is currently the Emeritus Professor at the university. He contributed deeply to the Graduate School of Environmental Studies as he was the Dean from 1990 to 1994.
He also acted as the Chair for Korean National Commission on Sustainable Development while also being the Chairman for Presidential Committee on Green Growth. He also contributed in Cheju Special Self- Governing Province by being the Policy Advisor from 2006 to 2008, as well as being Chief Policy Consultant at Ministry of Culture and Tourism during 2006-2007.
Dr. Kim received Ph.D in City and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley, a M.S. in Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA, and B.A in Sociology at Seoul National University.
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Kim, Keon Emeritus Professor Korea University
— Keon Kim is an emeritus professor in Korea University College of Science. His main research interests are various batteries, including Li ion battery.
He has been a professor of Chemistry at Korea University since 1979, and served as Dean of the College of Science 2005-6 and Dean of the Graduate School 2010-11.
He was a visiting scholar of Princeton University. He was an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Korean Chemical Society, and was the chairman of Korean Electrochemical Society. He served as chairman of couple of governmental organizations, including Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology (2011-14).
Kim received a B.S. in Chemistry from Korea University, an M.S. and Ph.D in Chemistry from Princeton University.
Kim, Sang-Hyup Visiting Professor / Chairman, KAIST / Coalition for Our Common Future
— Sang-Hyup Kim is a visiting professor at Graduate School of Green Growth, College of Business, KAIST and chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future. Prior to joining the KAIST (2013), Mr. Kim has worked at the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea from 2008 as the Secretary for National Future and Vision, where he contributed in setting the historic “Low Carbon Green Growth” vision for Korea. In 2011, he became the Senior Secretary to the President for Green Growth, coordinating the planning, developing and implementing of Korea’s Green Growth strategy. Through collaboration with the Presidential Committee on Green Growth and relevant ministries, his agenda rages from national implementation of Green Growth policies to international climate change negotiations and promoting global cooperation for making green growth a truly global asset. Moreover he served as a member of the Global Agenda Council of World Economic Forum and now he also serves as a co-chairman of Jeju Green Big Bang Committee. Kim was formerly the Washington correspondent for Maeil Business Newspaper and a co-founding member of the World Knowledge Forum and Vision Korea Project. He has also worked at SBS, Seoul Broadcasting System, during which he set up the future and vision projects team in 2004, in addition to found and serving in the capacity of THE Executive Director of the Seoul Digital Forum. Kim has a B.A and M.A in International Relations from Seoul National University. He has been recipient of numerous awards during his career, including: Broadcaster of the Year; Korean Broadcasters Association (2007); Hongjo Order of Service Merit (2010); Hwangjo Order of Service Merit (2012).
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Kim, Sung Woo Regional Head Climate Change & Sustainability Department in Asia Pacific, KPMG
— Sungwoo Kim has a master in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Duke University in US, and PhD in Business Administration from Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology. For last 21 years, he developed his career in business development and investment at POSCO (World Top 5 Steel Maker) and KPMG ASPAC having led 12 countries’ climate change & sustainability practices focusing on investment/ strategy/policy consulting related to environment & energy. He now is a member of expert committee for the President of KOICA, a member of external advisory group for World Bank, an external technical expert for Green Climate Fund, and an adjunct professor of Inha University in business administration & MBA.
Lee, Hoesung Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
— Dr. Hoesung Lee is Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), elected since October 2015 and professor at Korea University Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Seoul, Korea. His research encompasses the economics of climate change, energy and sustainable development. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Korean Academy of Environmental Sciences, council member of the Global Green Growth Institute, steering committee member of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum Japan and a member of the Asian Development Bank President’s Advisory Board on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Lee was the founding president of the Korea Energy Economics Institute -- a government agency for national energy policy development. He was Distinguished Research Fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, senior adviser to the Minister of Energy and Resources and the Minister of Environment, senior fellow at the Korea Development Institute and economist at Exxon Company USA. He served as the president of the International Association for Energy Economics, president of the Korea Resources Economics, member of the International Advisory Board of the Battelle- Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA, the Board of Directors of Hyundai Corporation and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan. He was Co-chair of the IPCC Working Group III (the socio-economic dimensions of climate change) for the Second Assessment which provided a scientific basis for the UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol. He served as Vice-Chair of IPCC 2008-2015, lead author and review editor for the various IPCC assessments. He has served on many national and international committees addressing climate change and energy. He received B.A. from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University, USA.
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Lee, Jae Kyu Dean and Chair Professor of KAIST Graduate School of Green Growth & President of Association of Information System
— Jae Kyu Lee is the HHI Chair Professor in the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) College of Business, and currently serves as the founding dean of Graduate School of Green Growth. He is currently the President and Fellow of Association for Information Systems, the global organization of 4,000 Information System researchers. He is the founder of Bright Internet Initiative that are adopted by many international organization and founding director of Bright Internet Research Center at KAIST. He chairs the International Conference on Information Systems in 2017. He has served the Director of EEWS (Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability Initiative) Research Center at KAIST during 2007-2014. He has been a Professor of Management Information Systems at KAIST since 1985, and served as Dean of the College of Business during 2006-7. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the journal, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and was the chair of the International Conference on Electronic Commerce. He served for the President of academic societies such as Korea Society of Management Information Systems and Korea Society of Intelligent Information Systems. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the KAIST and a Ph.D. in Operations and Information Systems from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Lee, Jang-Moo Chairman KAIST
— Dr. Lee is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Dr. Lee was the chairman of Climate Change Center from 2010 to 2015. Dr. Lee is also the Co-chairman (the other chairman is Prime Minister) of the National Science and Technology Council which consists of 25 members including the two chairmen and 13 Ministers of Korean government. From July 20, 2006 to July 19, 2010, Dr. Jang-Moo Lee served as the 24th president of Seoul National University (SNU).
As the president of the University, Dr. Lee declared SNU as a sustainable campus and made an action plan to reduce co2 emission and wastes up to 50% by 2030. As the chairman of Climate Change Center, he has been devoted to the reduction of greenhouse gases by educating the leaders of Korean society such as CEO of corporate and officials of the government on climate change action and developing climate change action policies with other institutes including foreign organizations. Dr. Lee served as the Founder President of the Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy from 2004 to 2006, respectively.
Dr. Lee a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Korea. He is also a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In addition, he was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, a renowned Romanian university in 2009 and another honorary doctoral degree by the Hokkaido University, a renowned Japanese university in 2011.
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Lee, Suk Joon Vice-Minister Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
— Suk-joon Lee is the Vice Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning. Prior to this position, he was the 2nd Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance. Lee served as First Secretary of Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN Secretariat and International Organizations in Geneva Secretary (Policy Coordination), Director of Security Policy Division and General Affairs Bureau, Director General of Policy Coordination Bureau, Standing Commissioner of Financial Services Commission, and Assistant Minister of Budget Office, Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Lee holds a B.A. in Economics at Seoul National University, an M.A. in Economics at Chung-Ang University, and a Ph.D. in Management at School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lee, Myoungju Director, Zero Energy Architecture Center Professor, College of Architecture at Myongji University
— Professor Myoungju Lee acquired a qualified architect status in Germany. The design and research subject currently in progress is the low carbon, low-energy complex plan and energy efficient building, and it has quantitatively produced the energy reduction and the carbon reduction through the energy simulation. Also, at the same time exploitation of the design factor and the energy efficient materials was performed with the development of with thermal-bridge free detail and low-carbon work execution method. Furthermore, this building model has developed a living environmental structure with barrier-free, generation-friendly residence complex and building design manual and it was elected in 'Samsung Raemian Design for All 2012'. In June 2009, Professor Lee established ZEDMJ Architect Office [Zero Energy Design Myongji University], which is the venture company in Myongji University and operated Zero Energy Technical Research Institute through the support of Small and Medium Business Administration. 2010 the Company changed into an architectural firm, ZED Architects and has continually progressed as a zero energy technology research Institute. In September, 2013, Myoungji Univ. Consortium was selected to perform the Zero Energy Housing Complex R&D Project commissioned by MOLIT and KAIA. Exploration into new grounds has led us to develop and form into ZED Group to perform research, design, and construction. Professor Myoung-ju Lee was selected as the speaker for first Korea-China-Japan Young Scientist in 2009, and was awarded the prize of Director of Small and Medium sized Business Administration [Excellent Case Content for Technical Venture Support Business] sponsored by (Incorporated Body) Venture Promotion Institute, The Prize of Minister of Environment, and the person of merit prize for renewable energy from the President in 2010. Books published are Low Carbon Low Energy U-Forest and Construction Story Told by a Female Mentor
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Thomas Lehmann Ambassador Embassy of Denmark, Korea
— Thomas Lehmann is Danish Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since September 2014. He held various positions in Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, especially as the Head (2010-2014), Deputy Head (2007-2010) of EU Coordination department, and Head of Section of EU Policy department (2000-2003).
Domestically, he served as the Deputy Head of Mission of Minister Counselor based in Stockholm. He began his role in Royal Danish Embassy as the Head of Section in Budget/Administration department and Trade Policy department.
He holds a Master of Science at University of Copenhagen, where he majored in Economics.
Alex Lightman Chairman Everblaze
— Inventor Alex Lightman is the recipient of the first Economist Readers’ Award for the innovation most likely to radically change the world over 2011 to 2020 for his work on 4G wireless. The award-winning entrepreneur is the author of Brave New Unwired World, and Reconciliation: 78 Reasons to End the US Embargo of Cuba. His next book Food Security via Clean Energy: The Declining Role of Fossil Fuels will be published December 2015, the first of three books to be published in support of the United Nations Millennium Goals. The next two books will be on Water Security and Energy Security. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attended graduate school at Harvard.
Lightman chairs three companies. Everblaze is the inventor of the evrTre solar tree, which is a platform for the delivery of a dozen municipals services as well as electricity from the sun. Witkit offers collaboration software with additional security and currently has 120,000 users. GINET, the Global Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship and Technology, provides systems for smart green cities to become self-reliant on clean renewable energy and systems to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Mark Lippert Ambassador Embassy of the United States, Korea
— Mark W. Lippert is the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. He previously held senior positions in the Department of Defense from May 2012 until September 2014. He was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on all international security strategy and policy issues related to the nations and international organizations of Asia and the Pacific. Prior to being confirmed in April 2012, he completed a two-year mobilization on active duty in the United States Navy. During that time, which included a deployment to Afghanistan, he served as an Intelligence Officer for the Naval Special Warfare Development Group in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 2009 to 2011. Ambassador Lippert served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff for the National Security Council in 2009. In 2008, he served as Deputy Director for Foreign Policy on the Obama-Biden Transition Team, and Senior Foreign Policy Advisor on the Obama for America campaign. Previously, he worked as the Foreign Policy Advisor for then-Senator Obama from 2005 to 2008, where he managed the Senator's work on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From 2007 to 2008, he took a leave of absence from this position to deploy on active duty as an Intelligence Officer with Seal Team One in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 2000 to 2005, he was a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Appropriations Committee, State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee, advising Senator Patrick Leahy on a range of foreign aid and security assistance issues. From 1999 to 2000 he served as the Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to Senator Tom Daschle and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science and holds an M.A. in International Policy Studies from the same institution. He also studied Mandarin Chinese at Beijing University.
Javier Manzanares CFO Green Climate Fund
— Mr. Javier Manzanares has joined the Green Climate Fund as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the GCF Javier was the Director and Representative of United Nations Office for Project Services of the MERCOSUR region, based in Argentina. He directed public procurement, financial administration, sustainable infrastructure, project management and human resources. Under Javier’s leadership in 2011, the Argentine country office became the top performing operation of UNOPS.
Previously, Javier was Division Manager of Investment & Development Banking at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, a multilateral development bank headquartered in Honduras. He led CABEI to win the “Project Finance Deal of the year Award” in 2008 and 2009. Prior to that, Javier worked in the private sector as Executive VP for two privately held banks of Group Fierro. His banking/finance career began in 1993 with Banco Santander/BSCH in California. He was soon promoted to Deputy General Manager of Hong Kong and Tokyo branches, supervising risk management, treasury and investments.
Javier has over 25 years of international experience. He obtained a BS in Economics from Universidad Alcalá Henares in Madrid, Spain and a dual degree, MBA from Northwestern University/Kellogg and an EMBA from Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology. He has been married since 1992 and has three daughters and two stepsons.
SEOUL CLIMATE-ENERGY CONFERENCE 2015 17 25 Speakers
Moon, Jae-do Vice Minister Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
— Moon, Jae-Do is currently the Second Vice Minister of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. He previously was the Presidential Secretary for Industry and Resources while serving as Deputy Minister for Industrial and Resources Cooperation at Ministry of Knowledge Economy. He also spent time abroad in Geneva as Minister Counselor for UN Secretariat and Permanent Mission of Republic of Korea. He holds a B.A. in Economics and a M.A in Public Administration at Seoul National University. He also obtained Master of Management Science at Korea Institute of Technology (now KAIST) in 1986.
Moon, Seung Il President Korea Electrical Engineering & Science Research Institute
— Seung-Il Moon received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1985, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He was an Assistant Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chonbuk National University between September 1993 and February 1997. And currently he is a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University. He is a Member of Presidential Committee on Green Growth in Korea, Advisor for Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy in Korea, Member of Electric Power Policy Committee, Member of Electric Regulatory Commission, Executive Director of The Korea Institute of Electrical Engineers, and Executive Director of Korea Smart Grid Institute. His special fields of interest include Smart Grid, Distributed Generation, Flexible AC Transmission System, Renewable Energy, and Battery Energy Storage Systems. He has been deeply engaged in establishing many national policies on Smart Grid, Renewable Energies, Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Energy Storage System (ESS) in Korea. He proposed the first drafts of the Korean Power System Reliability Regulation (Grid Code) and the Technical Regulations for Renewable Energy. Also he is the very first person who proposed the Jeju Smart Grid Test bed to Korean government in 2009. He made more than 300 lectures as an invited speaker on the Smart Grid during the last 5 years. He published more than 300 journal and conference papers including 17 IEEE Transaction papers.
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Na, Kyung Won Chairwoman National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
— Na, Kyung Won is actively serving as the member of 17th, 18th, and 19th National Assembly, most noticeably as the Chairperson of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee. She is also involved in Special Olympics, serving as the Chairperson of Special Olympics Korea and Governing Board Member of International Paralympics Committee.
Previously, she was a district judge in Busan and Incheon and justice of the Seoul administrative court. She was an important leader to Grand National Party by being the Supreme Council member and Spokesperson for the political party.
She holds a B.A., M.A, and Ph.D in Law at Seoul National University, and she completed her doctoral program specializing International Law.
Park, Kwangwoo Professor KAIST
— Kwangwoo Park is Professor of Finance and Director of Green Business and Sustainable Finance Research Center at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) in Seoul, Korea. He received his PhD in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has Bachelor’s degree in Business from Yonsei University in Seoul. Prior to joining KAIST, Dr. Park has taught at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Dr. Park also taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia where he got a PhD in economics. His current areas of research interest include financial intermediation and international corporate governance. He has been publishing a number of articles in major finance and economics journals including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Banking and Finance among others. Dr. Park currently serves as the editor of the Asian Review of Financial Research and on the editorial board of the Asia Pacific Journal of Financial Studies which is the first journal listed in the Social Science Citation Index in the region. Dr. Park was also a research fellow for many leading institutions such as the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Bank of Korea (the central bank), and Korea Corporate Governance Service, and has been serving as a member of the advisory committees for the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Financial Service Commission, and the Office of the Prime Minister in Korea.
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Emanuel Pastreich Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies Kyung Hee University
— Emanuel Pastreich graduated in the major of Chinese literature from Yale’s Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures in 1987. He has an M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Tokyo (1992) and a Ph.D. in comparative Asian literature from Harvard University (1998). Pastreich served as assistant professor of Japanese literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and is currently associate professor at the College of International Studies at Kyung Hee University in Korea. He founded the Asia Institute in 2007, a think tank that considers the interplay of technology, the environment and culture with a focus on East Asia. His research work concerns the convergence of technologies in an age of unprecedented technological change and its implications for society. At the same time, he continues his original research on the classical novel in China, Japan and Korea. Pastreich has been a columnist for Chosun Ilbo, Tong-a Ilbo, MK Business News (Maeil Gyeongjae Sinmun) and several other central Korean newspapers. Pastreich has written articles about the environment, technology, globalization, international relations and business in Asia for such journals as Japan Focus, Foreign Policy in Focus and the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. He has published three books in English: The Novels of Park Jiwon: Translation of Overlook Worlds (Seoul National University Press), The Observable Mundane: Vernacular Chinese and the Emergence of a Discourse on Popular Narrative in Edo Japan (Seoul National University Press) and Select Publications of the Asia Institute. He has also published three books in Korean.
Song, Kyungyeol Associate Partner McKinsey & Company
— Mr. Song, Kyungyeol is currently the Associate Principal for McKinsey & Company Seoul Office. He has a deep expertise in global renewable energy and cleantech, as well as global conventional energy industry. He currently serves as Asian leading players on various topics in conventional and renewable energy industry which includes solar, wind, and batter/storage. He developed strategies for global chemical company to grow solar energy industry in all parts of the value chains. Kyungyeol Song received a Ph.D in Aeronautics & Austronautics at MIT, and M.S and B.S in Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University.
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Sung, Changmo President Green Technology Center
— Dr. Changmo Sung is President of GTCK (Green Technology Center Korea), Korea’s only green technology think-tank with policy/planning capabilities and professional skills, aims to plan/support preemptive and comprehensive policies that improve competitiveness of green technology by promptly responding to demand on national policy research and presenting direction of development. GTCK is a government research institution to coordinate and make green growth policies of related ministries and agencies, especially Interdepartmental Green Technologies R&D (budget $3.1 billion/year) of Korea. GTCK aims to be the main Gateway of Korea for Global Green Technology Cooperation. Recently Dr. Sung has been working with GGGI, GCF, UNESCAP, UNDP, CITYNET, and ADB for developing countries. Dr. Sung was a President of Hyosung Corporation and was responsible for R&D Business Institute for five years (2007- 2012). He had worked as President of Inje University, Gyungnam Province after 23 years residence in the United States. He was also serving as Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, and National Special Committee of Innovation Science Technology. Based on his engineering faculty experience of Academia-Industry collaborative, technology transfer, and commercialization in Boston Route 128, Dr. Sung was involved in planning and execution of Korean high technology clusters and commercialization for advanced regional economic development. He had been a tenured professor at University of Massachusetts, Lowell since 1993 and was involved in NSF Nanomanufacturing Center and Renewable Energy Research. He had published more than 100 technical papers and presentations in materials and nanoengineering fields. He received Ph.D. (Lehigh University, USA), M.S. (The Ohio State University & SNU), and B.S. (SNU, Korea) in materials engineering field.
David G. Victor Professor UC San Diego
— David G. Victor is a professor of international relations and Director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation. His research focuses on highly regulated industries, such as electric power, and how regulation affects the operation of major energy markets. He is author of Global Warming Gridlock, which explains why the world hasn't made much diplomatic progress on the problem of climate change while also exploring new strategies that would be more effective. Prior to joining the faculty at UC San Diego, Victor served as Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University where he was also a Professor at Stanford Law School and taught energy and environmental law. At Stanford he built a research program that focused on the energy markets of the major emerging countries— mainly Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Earlier in his career he also directed the science and technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and led the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria one of the first major assessments of the effectiveness of international environmental law. He has published 200 articles and books in venues that include Nature, Science, International Organization, The New York Times, Finance Times, Climatic Change, and the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. He is a member of the advisory council for Nature Climate Change, a board member of Climatic Change, and joined the board of the Electric Power Research Institute in 2013.
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Won, Hee-ryong Governor Jeju Self-Governing Province
— Hee-ryong Won was announced as the new governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on June 4, 2014. He was born on Jeju in 1964 and was renowned for his ability as a student, achieving the top place in the 34th National Bar Examinations in 1993.
Won served as Public prosecutor in Seoul, Suwon, Yeoju and Busan, Chairman of Low Carbon Green Growth National Forum, Chairman of the Special Renovation Committee, Chairman of Committee for Foreign Affairs Trade and Unification, National Assembly, Secretary General of Grand National Party, Supreme Council of Grand National Party and was elected as an assemblyman to the 15th, 17th and 18th National Assemblies.
Won’s pledges in running for office included increasing local participation in policy making, reenergizing primary industries and promoting high-tech industries and eco-friendly smart city infrastructure.
Won holds a B.A. in Law from Seoul National University, an M.A. in New Media from Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University and an Honorary Doctorate in Political Science from Jeju National University.
Yi, EunJoo A. Senior Operations Officer Korea Green Growth Trust Fund, The World Bank
— Ms. Yi is a US national, has contributed to published material on the potential implications of resource scarcity and climate change on conflict, migration and trade in 2025. Ms. Yi is the senior operation officer for Korea Green Growth Trust Fund*, coordinating the KGGTF in conjunction with the Bank’s sustainable development and green growth teams to help identify, fund, and monitor the activities to be supported by the KGGTF. Prior to moving to Washington DC, she has lived in Norway and Russia working in the field of climate, energy and environment. Ms. Yi has worked with various organizations; IFC Sustainable Business Advisories, Norwegian engineering firm, an international secretariat working with the US EPA and State Department, and Pfizer Inc. Ms. Yi holds a Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) with a dual concentration: International Energy Management and Policy, and Environmental Policy Studies energy resources management. She received her B.S. in Biology, minor in environmental science, from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
*The Korea Green Growth Trust Fund ($40 million, FY13-16) supports the capacity of World Bank staffs and clients to design, plan, and implement green growth initiatives, strategies, and investments, thereby achieving improved economic and resource efficiency, greater resilience to extreme weather events and natural disasters, and increased competitiveness.
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Yoo, Seung-Jick President Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center
— Seungjick Yoo is the President of Green House Gas Inventory & Research Center of Korea (GIR). He is also a Member of Korean Government Delegation to UNFCCC. Before joining GIR he was Senior Research Fellow of Division of Climate Change and Conservation at Korea Energy Economics Institute.
Yoo served as Research Economist of Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Director of Center for Energy Research, Northeast Asia; Managing Director of Center for Energy Research, Korea Energy Economics Institute; Chief Advisor of Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperative Initiative; and Visiting Scholar at Australian National University.
His fields of interest include National & Sectoral GHG Reduction Target Setting, Climate Change Policy and Measure, National Energy Strategy and Policy, Energy Security Issues, Regional Energy cooperation, Cogeneration of Heat and Electricity and National Planning for Energy Efficiency Improvement.
Young, Soogil Director Sustainable Development Solutions Network Korea
— Based at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul as a Research Professor of Green Growth and Sustainable Development, Dr. Soogil Young is a member of the Leadership Council of the UN SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) as well as the founding Director of the SDSN Korea, currently preparing to publish four books on green growth and sustainable development from Korea’s perspectives. Advising the Korean government as a development economist since the late 1970s, he advised the Korean government on key economic reforms in the 1980s and the 1990s, including on trade liberation in the 1980s and the Real-Name Financial Transactions in 1993 while working as a Senior Fellow at KDI.
Subsequently, he served as President of the Korea Transport Institute and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy each. Subsequently, he has served as Ambassador to the OECD, and as Chairman of the Korean National Committee on Pacific Economic Cooperation. He has served on four Presidential Committees, including as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Green Growth (2010~2012) under President Lee Myung-bak. Dr. Young graduated from Seoul National University with a B.Sc. in chemical engineering and from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a Ph.D. in economics. He has written extensively on Korea’s development and international policies.
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Zhang Haibin Professor School of International Studies, Peking University
— Haibin Zhang is Professor of the School of International Studies and Director of the Center for International Organization Studies at Peking University. He received his Ph.D. in 1998 from the School of International Studies, Peking University. His major research areas are international environment and climate politics, China’s environmental diplomacy and international organizations. He is adviser to the Ministry of Commerce, China, on trade and environment issues; member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Sustainability; member of the Board of United Nations Association of China; member of Governing Council of China Society for Environmental Resources Law; member of Governing Council of China Environment Culture Promotion Association; member of Chinese National Committee for Future Earth; and the core expert of WWF China Climate Change Forum. Zhang participated in China-U.S. 1.5 Track of Climate Expert Dialogue and China-France 1.5 Track of Climate Expert Dialogue between 2013 and 2015. He was the visiting scholar of the University of Oxford (2015), Cornell University (2003-2004), Niigata University (2001), Hong Kong City University (1998) and Korea University (1995). His major books include: Climate Change and China’s National Security (2010), Environment and International Relations (2008). He published more than 50 articles in academic journals at home and abroad. He also wrote articles for People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, PLA Daily and New York Times, etc..
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Assembly President and Council Chair Global Green Growth Institute
— Prof. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono – widely known as “SBY” – was the sixth President of the Republic of Indonesia. He served two terms in office (2004-2014). Born in Pacitan, East Java, on 9 September 1949, President Yudhoyono has a number of self-transformations: from student to soldier, soldier to reformist general, 4-stars general to cabinet Minister, Minister to politician, and politician to President. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1973 at the top of his class. He quickly rose through the ranks in the army – earning him the reputation as “a thinking General” with strong reformist credentials. He served a distinguished military career, which included a tour as chief of the United Nations Military Observer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After retiring early from the military service in 1999, he was appointed as Minister of Mining and Energy.
President Yudhoyono completed his Master Degree in Management from Webster University in St. Louis, US in 1991, and he completed his Doctorate Degree in Agricultural Economics from Bogor Institute of Agriculture in 2004. President Yudhoyono successfully pursued a peaceful political solution to resolve the 30-year separatist conflict in Aceh, which led to a historic peace deal in 2005. He also injected new vigor into political reforms and public policies, as well as advanced decentralization to bring about tangible progress and development in Papua. Former President Yudhoyono has placed the environment at the top of his national and foreign policy agenda, arguably making him the most “green” President in Indonesia’s modern history.
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His development mantra is the four tracks of “pro-growth, pro-job, pro-poor, proenvironment”. Consequently, Yudhoyono introduced strict environmental laws which oblige development activities to follow high and strict environmental standards. President Yudhoyono became very active on global diplomacy on climate change. In 2007, Indonesia successfully hosted the Conference of Parties (COP) 13 – known as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – in Bali. In July 2008, President Yudhoyono created the National Council on Climate Change that he chaired with two senior coordinating ministers as vice chairs and 17 Ministers as members. President Yudhoyono has also been a strong advocate of sustainable forestry. In 2009 President Yudhoyono launched a national campaign to plant 1 billion trees. The campaign succeeded in planting some 3.5 billion trees in just 3 years. In 2012, President Yudhoyono was appointed by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as Co-Chair of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post- 2015 Development Agenda.
As an intellectual and prolific writer, he was the author for Revitalisasi Ekonomi Indonesia: Business, Politics and Good Governance (Revitalizing Indonesia’s Economy: Business, Politics and Good Governance) and Mengatasi Krisis-Menyelamatkan Reformasi (Coping with the Crisis – Securing the Reform).
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08:30~09:00 Registration 08:30~09:00 등록 09:00~09:30 Opening Ceremony 09:00~09:30 개회식 Welcoming Remarks 환영사 · Lee, Jang Moo (Chairman, KAIST) · 이장무 (KAIST 이사장) Congratulatory Remarks 축사 · Video message: Ban, Ki Moon (Secretary - General, United Nations) · 반기문(영상) (UN 사무총장) · Han, Duck-soo (Chairman, Climate Change Center & Former Prime · 한덕수 (기후변화센터 이사장, 전 국무총리) Minister of Korea) · 나경원 (외교통일위원장) · Na, Kyung Won (Chairwoman, National Assembly Foreign Affairs and · 이석준 (미래창조과학부 차관) Unification Committee) 09:30~10:40 개회 세션 · Lee, Suk joon (Vice Minister, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning) “새로운 기후 에너지 시대의 도래” 09:30~10:40 Opening Plenary · 좌장 : 김상협 (KAIST 초빙교수, (사) 우리들의 미래 이사장) “Arrival of New Climate Energy Era” 기조연설 · Moderator : Kim, Sang-Hyup (Visiting Professor, KAIST & Chairman, · 수실로 밤방 유도요노 (글로벌녹색성장기구(GGGI) 의장 / 제6대 Coalition for Our Common Future) 인도네시아 대통령) Keynote Speech · 이회성 (기후변화에 관한 정부간협의체(IPCC) 의장) · Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Assembly President & Council Chair, · 마크 리퍼트 (주한미국대사) Global Green Growth Institute / The 6th President of the Republic of · 원희룡 (제주특별자치도지사) Indonesia) 10:40~11:00 휴식 · Lee, Hoesung (Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) · Mark Lippert (Ambassador, Embassy of the United States, Korea) 11:00~12:00 세션 I · Won, Hee-ryong (Governor, Jeju Self-Governing Province) “COP 21: 새로운 국제기후 레짐의 전망” 10:40~11:00 Coffee Break · 좌장 : 이보 드 보어 (글로벌녹색성장기구(GGGI) 사무총장) · 데이비드 빅터 (UC 샌디에이고 교수) 11:00~12:00 Plenary Session · 장하이빈 (북경대학교 교수) “COP 21 : Prospects for New International Climate Regime” · 최재철 (외교부 기후변화대사) · Moderator : Yvo de Boer (Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute) 12:00~13:30 오찬 · David G. Victor (Professor, UC San Diego) · 오찬연설 : 문재도 (산업통상자원부) · Zhang Haibin (Professor, School of International Studies, Peking 13:30~14:30 세션 Ⅱ University) “녹색 경영과 지속 가능한 금융” · Choi, Jai-chul (Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) · 좌장 : 박광우 (KAIST 교수) 12:00~13:30 Luncheon · 이재규 (KAIST 녹색성장대학원장 세계정보시스템학회 회장) · Special Speech by Moon, Jae-do (Vice Minister,Ministry of Trade, · 하비에어 만자나레스 (녹색기후기금(GCF) CFO) Industry and Energy) · 김회정 (기획재정부 국제금융협력국장) 13:30~14:30 Plenary Session 14:30~15:50 세션 Ⅲ “Green Business and Sustainable Finance as Enablers” “녹색 산업 혁명” · Moderator : Park, Kwangwoo (Professor, KAIST) · 좌장 : 김희집 (에너지신산업협의회 민간부문 위원장) · Lee, Jae Kyu (Dean and Chair Professor, KAIST Graduate School of · 알렉스 라이트만 ((미) 에버블레이즈 대표) Green Growth & President, Association of Information System) · 하태석 (LG CNS 에너지 신산업 추진단 상무) · Javier Manzanares (CFO, Green Climate Fund) · 문승일 (기초전력연구원 원장) · Kim, Hoe Jeong (Director General, International Financial Cooperation · 황우현 (한국전력 SG & 신사업처 처장) Bureau, Ministry of Strategy and Finance) · 송경열 (맥킨지앤컴퍼니 크린테크부문 대표) · 김성우 (삼정KPMG 아시아태평양지역 기후변화 및 지속가능성 본부 전무)
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14:30~15:50 Plenary Session 15:50~16:05 휴식 “Green Industrial Revolution” 16:05~16:40 녹색기관 경과보고 · Moderator : Kim, Hee Jip (Co-Chair, New Energy Industry Association) · 성창모 (녹색기술센터 소장) · Alex Lightman (Chairman, Everblaze) · 유승직 (온실가스종합정보센터 센터장) · Ha, Tae Seok (Vice President, Hi-Tech Business Division, LG CNS) · 이명주 (명지대학교 건축대학 부교수, 제로에너지기술연구소 소장) · Moon, Seung Il (President, Korea Electrical Engineering & Science · 이은주 (세계은행 한국녹색성장신탁기금 총괄 매니저) Research Institute) · Hwang, Woohyun (Vice President, Smart Grid & Innovative Business 16:45~18:00 세션 Ⅳ Department, KEPCO) “대한민국 녹색성장의 재조명 및 미래 방향” · Song, Kyungyeol (Associate Partner, McKinsey&Company) · 좌장 : 양수길 (한국지속가능발전해법 네트워크 대표 · Kim, Sung Woo (Regional Head, Climate Change & Sustainability / 제2기, 제3기 녹색성장위원장) Department in Asia Pacific, KPMG) · 이보 드 보어 (글로벌녹색성장기구(GGGI) 사무총장) 15:50~16:05 Coffee Break · 토마스 리만 (주한 덴마크 대사) · 임마누엘 페스트라이쉬 (경희대학교 국제대학 부교수) 16:05~16:40 Institution Update · 안병옥 (기후변화행동연구소 소장) · Sung, Changmo (President, Green Technology Center) · Yoo, Seung-Jick (President, Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center) 18:00~18:30 폐회식 · Lee, Myoungju (Director, Zero Energy Architecture Center & Professor · 김상협 (KAIST 초빙교수, (사) 우리들의 미래 이사장) College of Architecture, Myongji University) · 김건 (고려대학교 명예교수) · Yi, EunJoo A. (Senior Operations Officer, Korea Green Growth Trust 19:00~20:30 만찬 (초청 대상자에 한함) Fund, The World Bank) · 만찬 연설 : 정연만 (환경부 차관) 16:45~18:00 Plenary Session · 축배: 김형국 (서울대학교 명예교수/ 제1기 녹색성장위원장) “Revisiting Korean Green Growth and Future Tasks” · Moderator : Young, Soogil (Director, Sustainable Development Solution Network Korea / 2nd-3rd Term Chairman, Presidential Committee on Green Growth) · Yvo de Boer (Director-General, Global Green Growth Institute) · Thomas Lehmann (Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Korea) · Emanuel Pastreich (Professor, Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies, Kyung Hee University) · Ahn, Byung-Ok (Head, Institute for Climate Change Action) 18:00~18:30 Closing Session · Kim, Sang-Hyup (Visiting Professor, KAIST & Chairman, Coalition for Our Common Future) · Kim, Keon (Emeritus Professor, Korea University) 19:00~20:30 Gala Dinner (Invited Only) · Special Speech by Jeong, Yeon-man (Vice-Minister, Ministry of Environment · Toast by Kim, Hyung-kook (Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University /1st Term Chairman, Presidential Committee on Green Growth)
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