Kim Ikang, Gwangju Seo-gu Mayor, Takes Active Steps for 'Climate Response'

Visit of the National Assembly Speaker for Climate Response Projects
Emphasizing 'Decentralization' of Central Government Authority to Local Regions

Kim Ikang, Mayor of Gwangju Seo-gu (second from the right in the photo), visited Woo Won-sik, Speaker of the National Assembly, to request the central government's support for promoting 'climate response' projects tailored to the characteristics of the region.
[Photo by Gwangju Seo-gu]

Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kim Ikang) visited the National Assembly on the 3rd along with the chairpersons of the Climate Crisis Response and Energy Transition Local Government Council to prepare measures for promoting climate crisis response projects tailored to regional characteristics.

In particular, Kim Ikang, Mayor of Seo-gu and Vice Chairman of the Climate Crisis Response and Energy Transition Local Government Council, requested the establishment of institutional measures to allow local government representatives to participate in the National Carbon Neutrality Committee.

This visit was promoted to highlight the important role of local governments that execute and operate projects in the region to achieve national carbon neutrality by 2050.

On that day at the National Assembly, Gwangju Seo-gu Mayor Kim Ikang, Gwangmyeong Mayor Park Seungwon, Paju Mayor Kim Kyungil, and Yeosu Mayor Jeong Gimyeong met with National Assembly Speaker Woo Wonshik and proposed measures such as supporting the national climate response fund to be used as a regional climate response fund, and suggested creating an environment for project promotion tailored to regional characteristics.

They also emphasized the need to transfer more authority and budget to local regions from the existing central government-centered operation method for budget utilization and project operation suited to regional characteristics for effective climate crisis response and greenhouse gas reduction.

Mayor Kim Ikang of Seo-gu said, “Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 cannot be realized by the central government alone, and greater strength can be exerted when working together with local governments that know the region well,” adding, “Local governments can function as a clue to discover projects, create new opportunities, and solve complex problems such as population crisis, local extinction, and climate crisis.”

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