[21st H-ESG Forum]
2025 Climate & Energy Think Tank Policy Proposals
The year 2025 marks a critical turning point for climate and energy policy as the climate crisis intensifies. Policy decisions made this year are expected to have a decisive impact on achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Within the year, Korea must establish its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) through 2035 and formulate a renewable energy development plan in connection with it. Internationally, the launch of the Trump 2.0 administration is expected to increase uncertainty in global climate policy, while domestically, the potential end of the Yoon Suk-yeol government—which has been passive on carbon neutrality and renewable energy—and the possibility of a new administration could serve as a positive factor.
Against this backdrop, it is becoming increasingly necessary to focus on changes in the policy environment for carbon neutrality and energy transition, and to propose appropriate policy goals and alternatives.
In response, Korea’s leading climate and energy think tanks—Climate Change Center, Solutions for Our Climate, NEXT, Green Energy Strategy Institute, Green Transition Research Institute, Energy Transition Forum, and Plan 1.5—are coming together to identify the 2025 climate and energy policy agenda for the success of carbon neutrality and energy transition.
[Forum Overview]
- Date & Time: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 14:00–16:30
- Venue: Cheongam Hall, 3F, Hankyoreh Newspaper Building
- Organized by: Climate Change Center, Solutions for Our Climate, NEXT, Green Energy Strategy Institute, Green Transition Research Institute, Energy Transition Forum, Plan 1.5, Hankyoreh Economic & Social Research Institute, H-ESG Forum (in alphabetical order)
- Supported by: Korea Social Value Solidarity Foundation
[How to Participate]
Offline Registration Link: Apply Here
[Program Schedule]
1. Opening Ceremony
2. Policy Proposal Presentations
Presentation 1: Reforming Climate Governance for Climate Crisis Response and Energy Transition
(Yoo-jin Lee, Director, Green Transition Research Institute)
Presentation 2: Promoting Low-Carbon Transition in the Industrial Sector
(Ji-won Choi, Secretary-General, Climate Change Center)
Presentation 3: Accelerating the Energy Transition
(Kwang-hoon Seok, Senior Expert, Energy Transition Forum)
3. Roundtable & General Discussion
- Oh-sung Kwon, Team Leader, Solutions for Our Climate
- Joo-heon Lee, Senior Policy Expert, NEXT
- Pil-seok Kwon, Director, Green Energy Strategy Institute
- Kyung-rak Kwon, Policy Activist, Plan 1.5
[Inquiries]
02-710-0081 | ✉️ gobogi@hani.co.kr
[21st H-ESG Forum]
2025 Climate & Energy Think Tank Policy Proposals
The year 2025 marks a critical turning point for climate and energy policy as the climate crisis intensifies. Policy decisions made this year are expected to have a decisive impact on achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
Within the year, Korea must establish its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) through 2035 and formulate a renewable energy development plan in connection with it. Internationally, the launch of the Trump 2.0 administration is expected to increase uncertainty in global climate policy, while domestically, the potential end of the Yoon Suk-yeol government—which has been passive on carbon neutrality and renewable energy—and the possibility of a new administration could serve as a positive factor.
Against this backdrop, it is becoming increasingly necessary to focus on changes in the policy environment for carbon neutrality and energy transition, and to propose appropriate policy goals and alternatives.
In response, Korea’s leading climate and energy think tanks—Climate Change Center, Solutions for Our Climate, NEXT, Green Energy Strategy Institute, Green Transition Research Institute, Energy Transition Forum, and Plan 1.5—are coming together to identify the 2025 climate and energy policy agenda for the success of carbon neutrality and energy transition.
[Forum Overview]
[How to Participate]
Offline Registration Link: Apply Here
[Program Schedule]
1. Opening Ceremony
2. Policy Proposal Presentations
Presentation 1: Reforming Climate Governance for Climate Crisis Response and Energy Transition
(Yoo-jin Lee, Director, Green Transition Research Institute)
Presentation 2: Promoting Low-Carbon Transition in the Industrial Sector
(Ji-won Choi, Secretary-General, Climate Change Center)
Presentation 3: Accelerating the Energy Transition
(Kwang-hoon Seok, Senior Expert, Energy Transition Forum)
3. Roundtable & General Discussion
[Inquiries]
02-710-0081 | ✉️ gobogi@hani.co.kr