Climate Responsibility, Energy Law, and the Role of Korean Courts

Professor of International Law · University of Geneva

Academic speaker on the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the international framework for climate responsibility.

Director of the Department of International Law and International Organization at the University of Geneva. He represented the African Union before the International Court of Justice in the climate change advisory opinion proceedings, including on questions of climate justice and State obligations.

Co-Chair, New York · Climate Justice Counsel

Presents the Fiji–Korea model case.

Co-Chair, Barcelona · Climate Justice Counsel

Programme co-chair, moderator and international discussion lead for the CJC session and plenary.

Auditor and Attorney · NEXT group · Plan 1.5

Plenary discussant on Korean climate litigation, including the youth climate case before the Constitutional Court.

Attorney and climate policy advocate who has worked in Korean civil society on the climate crisis since 2019. He represented the youth plaintiffs in the Korean climate litigation that led to the Constitutional Court ruling of unconstitutionality. He is a policy activist at Plan 1.5, a former director of Solutions for Our Climate, and a former attorney at Kim & Chang. He studied law at Seoul National University and holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.