Park Woo-ryang, Shinan County Governor, Holds Meeting with Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore

Sharing Cooperation Plans Between National and Local Governments... Expanding Regional Renewable Energy

On the 19th, Park Woo-ryang, the governor of Sinan County, attended the 'Seoul Climate Reality Leadership Training' held at KINTEX in Goyang Special City, where he had a meeting to discuss the importance of cooperation between the national and local governments for expanding regional renewable energy with key figures including former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon.

(The third from the right) Park Woo-ryang, the mayor of Shinan County, attended the 'Seoul Climate Reality Leadership Training' held at KINTEX in Goyang Special City and took a commemorative photo with key figures including (center) former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Kim Dong-yeon, Governor of Gyeonggi Province.
[Photo by Shinan County]

According to the county on the 21st, the heads of local government member organizations of ICLEI who attended the meeting shared the status of regional renewable energy transitions, cases of cooperation with the national government, and limitations.

In particular, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore shared his experiences and advice on cooperation methods between the national and local governments for the U.S. energy transition, reaffirming the importance of energy transition projects to respond to the climate crisis.

Park Woo-ryang, who is also the chairman of the Sustainable Development Local Governments Council, shared the status of renewable energy dissemination and the creation of basic income for residents through Sinan County’s 'Renewable Energy Development Profit Sharing System,' receiving great acclaim as a model case of regional energy transition.

The 'Seoul Climate Reality Leadership Training' is part of the global training program of the 'Climate Reality Project' founded by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, and it is the first event held in Korea.

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