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Green Government, Policy

Green Growth Commission launched in Korea

By Alice Kok | 27 February 2009

Korean President Lee Myung-bak has announced the launch of an agency – the Green Growth Commission – which has a brief to implement the country’s vision for “low carbon, green growth”.

The GGC will be jointly chaired by President Lee and Kim Hyung-kook, a professor emeritus of Seoul National University. The commission will consist of 47 members—29 business and social leaders and 18 public servants and chiefs of government-funded think tanks—working under three subcommittees on green growth and industry, climate change and energy, and green life and sustainable development.

In addition, a green growth planning office to be led by Woo Ki-jong, former chief of the strategic FTA planning office, and Kim Sang-hyup, the presidential secretary for future vision, will assist in the commission.

Aside from the three subcommittees, the commission will operate a working group of about 60 experts to make it possible for the government, the private sector, and the group of experts to communicate and cooperate with each other sufficiently.

President Lee presided over the first session of the commission. He said: “Green growth is not a matter of choice, but a requirement that we must fulfill by all means for our future survival. What matters is whether we can take the lead based on our own original technology, or whether we have to lag behind other countries.”

Meanwhile, Cheong Wa Dae – the Korean President’s residence – is being transformed into a “green office”, with a goal to cut carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 percent by 2012.

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