Chungnam Governor Kim Tae-heum Concludes Under2 Coalition Summit Schedule... "Commitment to Strengthening International Cooperation on Carbon Neutrality"

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Kim Tae-heum, Governor of Chungnam Province, is returning home after attending the Under2 Coalition General Assembly.

On the 22nd, Chungnam Province announced that Governor Kim had completed his schedule at the ‘2022 Under2 Coalition General Assembly (hereafter, the General Assembly)’ held in New York, USA.

Governor Kim departed for the United States on the 18th to attend the General Assembly, carrying out a schedule including policy field visits for economic cooperation and a meeting with the Chungcheong expatriate association, and is returning home on the same day.

During the visit, Governor Kim attended the General Assembly opening ceremony (local time in the US on the 19th), the Under2 Coalition Secretariat introductory meeting, General Assembly sessions, and the Under2 Coalition Climate Leader Reception.

In particular, at the introductory meeting, as the Chair of the Asia-Pacific region, he promised to lead climate crisis responses and create exemplary cases such as the upcoming declaration of the ‘Special Carbon Neutral Economy Province’ next month.

He also participated in a session urging actions to reduce greenhouse gases by sharing local government cases and requested support from the Under2 Coalition to achieve ‘2050 Carbon Neutrality’ in the Asia-Pacific region.

At this event, Governor Kim emphasized, “Chungnam will enhance the quality of cooperation by shifting from a ‘declaration’-centered approach to a ‘practice’-centered approach, and strengthen solidarity and cooperation with the international community to achieve the vision and tasks of the Asia-Pacific region.”

During the visit, on the 20th, Governor Kim held a luncheon with the Chungcheong expatriate association and the New York Korean Association, and on the same day, he also held meetings with the Korea Federation of SMEs and executives of Bloomberg, a leading US economic media group.

Meanwhile, Chungnam was the first in the nation to join the Under2 Coalition in September 2018. The Under2 Coalition is an international union established in 2015 to limit global temperature rise to within 2℃ in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement, currently comprising 258 local governments from 43 countries.

Since his appointment as co-chair of the Asia-Pacific region on July 1, Governor Kim has been actively engaged in activities to curb global temperature rise by proposing policy directions and cooperation plans to spread carbon neutrality in the Asia-Pacific region.

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