Green Growth Policy: lessons from South Korea with Eun Joo Yi from World Bank
Release Date: 08/07/2020
Green Growth Policy: lessons from South Korea with Eun Joo Yi from World Bank
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Eun Joo Yi, World Bank manager of the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) share with us the reasons for taking a stand on sustainable development, the importance of developing new engines of growth, stakeholder engagement, partnership with the private sector and having a national vision. We talk about specific technological innovations such as smart-grid, fuel cells vehicle-to-car technologies and get inspired about turning problems into opportunities.
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info_outlineSouth Korea's Green Growth program success has been an inspiration for dozens of countries around the world, who have worked with World Bank to replicate its lessons.
Eun Joo Yi, World Bank manager of the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) share with us the reasons for taking a stand on sustainable development, the importance of developing new engines of growth, stakeholder engagement, partnership with the private sector and having a national vision. We talk about specific technological innovations such as smart-grid, fuel cells vehicle-to-car technologies and get inspired about turning problems into opportunities.
This is a must-watch episode for anyone interested in how to get started with thinking about Green Growth programs in their regions.
About Eun Joo Yi >>
Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank.
Eun Joo as program manager of the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund built an innovative, implementation focused trust fund devoted to supporting World Bank staff and clients design, plan, and implement green growth initiatives, strategies, and investments. The trust fund’s focus on operational expertise worked to improve economic and resource efficiency, build greater resilience to extreme weather and natural disasters, and increase competitiveness.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Eun Joo consulted for the IFC Advisory Services (WBG) on resource efficiency and clean energy. Before moving to Washington DC, she lived in Norway and Russia working in projects related to international science & technology diplomacy, climate, energy and environment. Her broad global experience ranges from a Norwegian engineering firm, ISTC working with the US EPA and State Department, and Pfizer Inc. Eun Joo has contributed to a range of publications, most recently on the potential implications of resource scarcity and climate change on conflict, migration and trade in 2025 and Korea’s Green Growth 2.0.
She is a US national and received her undergraduate from State University of New York at Stony Brook and her graduate degree from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.
You can find Eun Joo on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eun-joo-ej-allison-yi-b209861/