Speaker
KANG Hyun Ju
Affiliation
Pacific Environment
Title
Asia director, Climate team
Session
Local Renewable Energy, Making Port and Ocean for All

Biography

KANG Hyun Ju serves as Pacific Environment’s Asia director, Climate team, leading climate strategy and campaign implementation across the region to advance our goals. Prior to joining Pacific Environment, Hyun Ju worked as an international project coordinator with HelpAge Korea in Cambodia, developing projects for vulnerable seniors; oversaw projects and international volunteers in Cambodia for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA); led the global citizenship education team for the Beautiful Store Foundation, scoping, and implementing a range of projects from youth development to sustainability; led the social project planning team at Hope Institute, and overseeing the development and implementation of community-based projects and programs focused on the social good. She most recently served as a country advisor for Give2Asia, providing assessments on how global corporations can reduce their carbon footprint.