South Korean Business and the DMZ in an Era of Climate Change September 10, 2008

with

Hall Healy, President, DMZ Forum
William B. Shore, Secretary, DMZ Forum
John Mickelson, Landscape Ecologist
Christine Kim, Program and Research Director, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM * Registration and Reception
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM * Luncheon and Presentation

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor, New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of 57th Street and Third Avenue)

$20 for members, $25 for nonmembers

South Korea mastered the game of development economics, rising to become the world’s eleventh largest economy by producing cars, ships and electronics. Now, with climate change a major global issue, the game has changed. From desertification in Mongolia to increased flooding in North Korea, to car emissions, development and air pollution within its borders, South Korea is already wrestling with the effects of global warming on its economy. Can it successfully integrate with the new environmental paradigm?

For more information or to register for the program, contact Patrick Clair at (212) 759-7525, ext. 328, or patrick.ny@koreasociety.org.

Official Website: http://www.koreasociety.org/contemporary_issues/contemporary_issues/south_korean_business_and_the_dmz_in_an_era_of_climate_change.html