Localizing Climate Actions and Sustainable Development Goals (UNFCCC/COP26 Side event at Korean Pavilion)

Session Title: International Forum on City-Wide Climate Crisis Response and Technology Sharing

Session Description
Climate change has risen to the top of the international policy agenda and the phenomenon of global climate change has heightened the importance of science and technological innovation to achieve sustainable development goals. It will be critical to build the capacity to produce, select, adapt, and disseminate knowledge for sustainable development and further the Net Zero. 
The forum culminates in an opportunity to share technologies, policies, and plans in the climate environment sector at local government-level. The outcomes of this forum will be shared and distributed not only with COP participants but also to the international cooperation network (Urban Environmental Accords(UEA), a collective of 156 cities in 51 countries wishing to contribute to global Net Zero).

Time/Date: 16:00~18:00 (GMT+1), 5 November, 2021
Venue: Korea Pavilion, SEC Centre (COP26 Venue), Glasgow
(Live Stream Available: YouTube address to be provided)

Chair: Dr. Won-Tae Yun, Secretary General of the UEA 
(Also President of the International Climate and Environment Center)

Moderator: Dr. Dongwoo Yang, Senior Researcher, Int’l Climate and Environment Center

Welcoming Remark: Jung Wook Kim, Environment Collaboration Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

Presenters
-    Won-Tae Yun, UEA Secretary General
-    Dongwoo Yang, Senior Researcher, Int’l Climate and Environment Center
-    Fujino Junichi, Principal Researcher, IGES, Japan
-    Gwang Sun Jung, Manager, Climate and Ecology Department, Jeollanamdo Province, Rep. of Korea
-    Jeong Sin Suh, Director General, Environment Welfare Bureau, Yeosu City, Rep. of Korea
-    Suman Adhikari, Division Chief, Legal and Human Rights Division, Kathmandu, Nepal
-    Fongu Cletus Tanwe, Mayor, Bamenda III Council, Cameroon
-    Wimal Wimaladasa, Consultant, Matale Municipal Government, Sri Lanka