SPEAKERS
Jung Tae-Yong
Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University
Saturday 7, December
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10:00-17:00
Parallel Session 1
PROFILE
Dr. Tae Yong Jung is currently a professor at the GSIS and the Director of the Center for Global Sustainability, Yonsei University. He is a director of Sustainable Development Program of Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future. He is one of lead authors of Assessment Report (AR) 6 of IPCC. Before he joined GSIS, He was a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy & Management. Prior to the current position, he was a Principal Climate Change Specialist at the Asian Development Bank. He was seconded to the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) as the Deputy Executive Director.
Before ADB, he was working at the World Bank. He was also formerly the Project Leader in Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) of Japan and Senior Fellow and Director at Korea Energy Economics Institute.
Educated at Seoul National University (BA) and at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (MA and Ph.D.). He was a Visiting Researcher at the US National Energy Laboratory, the Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland and a Joint Research Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), and a Visiting Fellow at Kyoto University Japan.
Before ADB, he was working at the World Bank. He was also formerly the Project Leader in Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) of Japan and Senior Fellow and Director at Korea Energy Economics Institute.
Educated at Seoul National University (BA) and at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (MA and Ph.D.). He was a Visiting Researcher at the US National Energy Laboratory, the Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland and a Joint Research Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), and a Visiting Fellow at Kyoto University Japan.
