Jeonnam Provincial Council and Gyeongnam Provincial Council Seek Win-Win Development Including Joint Hosting of COP28

The Jeonnam Provincial Council's Special Committee for COP28 Attraction discussed the joint COP28 attraction strategy and the construction of the Yeosu-Namhae Undersea Tunnel with the Gyeongnam Provincial Council's Special Committee on Climate Crisis Response. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Council

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] The Jeonnam Provincial Council and the Gyeongnam Provincial Council are expected to take the lead in jointly hosting COP28 and constructing the Yeosu-Namhae Undersea Tunnel.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Council on the 11th, the special committee members for COP28 hosting from the Jeonnam Provincial Council met with the Climate Crisis Response Special Committee members of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council the day before to discuss strategies for jointly hosting COP28 in the southern central region of the southern coast centered on Yeosu, as well as the construction of the Yeosu-Namhae Undersea Tunnel.

The attending council members agreed on cooperation for the mutual development of Jeonnam and Gyeongnam and discussed joint hosting activities targeting the National Assembly and the government to successfully host COP28 in the southern central region of the southern coast.

Kang Moon-seong, chairman of the Jeonnam Provincial Council’s COP28 Hosting Special Committee, stated, “The government plans to announce its intention to host COP28 to the world at the P4G Summit in May this year. Before the announcement, active cooperation from the Gyeongnam Provincial Council is necessary to designate the southern central region of the southern coast as the hosting site. We will also participate in the construction of the Yeosu-Namhae Undersea Tunnel for the mutual development of Jeonnam and Gyeongnam.”

Song Oh-soo, chairman of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council’s Climate Crisis Response Special Committee, said, “Let us adopt a ‘Joint Petition to Urge the Designation of the Southern Central Region of the Southern Coast as the COP28 Hosting Site’ as soon as possible and actively promote joint hosting activities targeting the National Assembly and the government in the future. If the COP28 hosting plan includes ways for all areas in the southern central region of the southern coast to achieve mutual development, we will actively promote that plan to the residents of Gyeongnam.”

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