Gyeonggi-do Joins ICLEI's '100% Renewable Energy City Network'

Certificate of Membership in Gyeonggi-do 100% Renewable Energy City Network

Gyeonggi Province has joined ICLEI, the global network of local governments, as a member of the 100% Renewables CitiesRegions network.

ICLEI is an international organization officially launched in 1990 at the ‘World Congress of Local Governments’ held at the United Nations (UN) headquarters. Its full name is the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) for Sustainability.

The ‘100% Renewables CitiesRegions’ project, led by ICLEI’s global headquarters, focuses on supporting mutual cooperation and information sharing among local governments worldwide that are leading the transition to 100% renewable energy. It is a global RE100 campaign aimed at achieving 100% renewable energy transition at the city level, rather than by corporations.

In March, Gino Van Begin, Secretary General of ICLEI, who visited Gyeonggi Province, highly praised Gyeonggi’s policies such as ‘Gyeonggi RE100’ for responding to the climate crisis and officially proposed Gyeonggi Province’s membership to Governor Kim Dong-yeon as part of policy sharing with local governments worldwide.

Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province applied for ICLEI membership and was registered as the 18th local government to join. Currently, 17 local governments from 12 countries, including Vancouver in Canada and Malm? in Sweden, are members.

The membership criteria require setting a goal of 100% renewable energy transition and having concrete plans and measurable outcomes to achieve that goal. Gyeonggi Province fully met these criteria by declaring the ‘Gyeonggi RE100’ vision, aiming to achieve 30% renewable energy by 2030, and setting a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 2018. With this membership, the province will annually disclose its renewable energy transition performance and share renewable energy policy achievements with domestic and international local governments to strengthen cooperation.

Cha Seong-su, Director of the Climate and Environment Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, said, "International cooperation and collaboration are important to respond to the climate crisis. We intend to use the ICLEI network to share the Gyeonggi RE100 policy with local governments worldwide and jointly address the urgent climate crisis."

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