Speaker
KIM Sang-Hyup
Affliation
Jeju Research Institute
Title
President
Session

Biography

Sang-Hyup Kim is the president of Jeju Research Institute, a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Green Growth, College of Business, KAIST, and the founder and former chairman of Coalition for Our Common Future. Prior to joining KAIST, he worked at the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea in 2008 as the Secretary for National Future and Vision, where he contributed to 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, development, and implementation of Korea’s Green Growth strategy. Through collaboration with the Presidential Committee on Green Growth and relevant ministries, his agenda ranges from national implementation of Green Growth policies to international climate change negotiations and promoting global cooperation for making Green Growth a truly global asset. He also served as a member of the Global Agenda Council.