Mayor Oh Se-hoon Departs for North America to Attend C40 Conference

From the 16th, a 6-night 8-day schedule

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will depart for a six-night, eight-day business trip to North America on the 16th to participate in the ‘C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Steering Committee Meeting and the UN Climate Summit City Session.’

During this trip, Mayor Oh will discuss global climate crisis response measures with world mayors at the C40 meeting, and also engage in key activities such as ▲signing a sister city agreement with New York City ▲an appreciation event for Korean War veterans ▲a site visit related to the modernization of Dong Seoul Terminal ▲a special lecture at Yale University, aiming to strengthen solidarity between cities and promote plans to enhance Seoul’s urban competitiveness.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

The ‘C40 Steering Committee Meeting’ is scheduled for the 19th. The meeting will discuss measures to address the global climate crisis and inequality caused by heatwaves, heavy rains, droughts, and other issues, and share Seoul’s achievements in climate crisis response with cities worldwide. C40 is an alliance of mayors from major global cities responding to the climate crisis, with 15 steering committee members including Seoul, Tokyo, Paris, and Montreal serving as vice chairs. It also organizes city participation in the ‘UN Climate Summit’ as a partner of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General.

Additionally, on the 21st, Mayor Oh plans to promote ‘Seoul as a financial and business-friendly city and a global economic hub’ at the ‘Seoul Investment Forum’ held at the JW Marriott Hotel in New York in the morning. The forum is expected to be attended by over 100 key investors, including representatives from major investment banks such as JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, as well as venture capital (VC) firms and asset management companies from the North American region.

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