Tong-Q LEE is the Director-General of the Climate Change, Energy, Environmental and Scientific Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Republic of Korea. For over 25 years, he has served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifically focused on environmental issues. He was a Head of the Climate Change and Environment Team, a Counselor of the Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations, and actively involved in SDGs and Rio+20 Negotiation. He served as a Deputy Consul-General of the Korean Consulate General in Hamburg. He became a Deputy Director-General of the Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Scientific Affairs Bureau in 2018 and has actively engaged in a wide spectrum of environmental issues including the climate change negotiations. He is also actively engaged in the national process to tackle the issue of transboundary air pollution and micro dust, including PM 2.5, as Director-General of the International Cooperation and Scientific Affairs Bureau, National Council on Climate and Air Quality, Korea, prior to being posted to the current job. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science & Diplomacy at Yonsei University, and a Master’s Degree in International Security at Yonsei Graduate School of Public Administration. He studied Environment and Regulation at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, and Law and Development at the University of Warwick, UK.