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Dinner Meeting with National Assembly Member So Hee Kim
On May 14, the ECCK held a dinner meeting with National Assembly Member So Hee Kim, a member of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labor Committee and former Secretary General of the Climate Change Center. ECCK Chairperson Philippe van Hoof, Vice Chairperson Go Young Moon, Board Member Bjørn Inge Braathen, President Stefan Ernst, and Vice President Bo Sun Kim attended the meeting, alongside Assembly Member Kim, Chief Secretary Jin Young Jang, and Senior Secretary Min-Kyu Jung.
During the meeting, both sides exchanged candid views on energy and environmental issues in Europe and Korea. Notably, Assembly Member Kim was the first to draft the ‘Act on the Promotion of Offshore Wind Power’ and played a key role in its enactment in the National Assembly. She expressed a wish to benchmark Europe’s advanced renewable energy industry, including its power grid system. Chairperson Philippe emphasized that the role of legislators is so important in ensuring that legislation is passed that can change the framework of perception on climate change issue. Both parties agreed to continue engaging in active dialogue going forward.
Dinner Meeting with National Assembly Member So Hee Kim
On May 14, the ECCK held a dinner meeting with National Assembly Member So Hee Kim, a member of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labor Committee and former Secretary General of the Climate Change Center. ECCK Chairperson Philippe van Hoof, Vice Chairperson Go Young Moon, Board Member Bjørn Inge Braathen, President Stefan Ernst, and Vice President Bo Sun Kim attended the meeting, alongside Assembly Member Kim, Chief Secretary Jin Young Jang, and Senior Secretary Min-Kyu Jung.
During the meeting, both sides exchanged candid views on energy and environmental issues in Europe and Korea. Notably, Assembly Member Kim was the first to draft the ‘Act on the Promotion of Offshore Wind Power’ and played a key role in its enactment in the National Assembly. She expressed a wish to benchmark Europe’s advanced renewable energy industry, including its power grid system. Chairperson Philippe emphasized that the role of legislators is so important in ensuring that legislation is passed that can change the framework of perception on climate change issue. Both parties agreed to continue engaging in active dialogue going forward.