Virtual Talk
Birds, Climate Change and North Korea

Climate change is a topic that crosses borders and requires international cooperation. No country is unaffected by this issue today, including both parts of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and North Korea, so it is essential that governments, institutions and citizens from all countries work together to overcome the challenges posed by climate change worldwide.

Since Hanns Seidel Foundation is based in South Korea and operates from there across borders and plans and implements projects on both halves of the Korean Peninsula in cooperation with many international partners, this is a central point of our work.

One of these partners is the East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), an organization that aims to protect migratory birds on their way along the East-Asian - Australasian Flyway and to conserve their species. As this route stretches across the globe - starting in Alaska and Russia, passing through China, North Korea and South Korea, and far south to Australia and New Zealand - international cooperation between these countries is essential to achieve the goal of species conservation.

In this context Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea and EAAFP were invited by Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world's largest organization for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, to participate in their monthly IEU Virtual Talk.

The topic this month is "Climate change and biodiversity conservation measures in North Korea: challenges and opportunities" and Dr. Bernhard Seliger, representative of HSF, and Doug Watkins, Chief Executive of EAAFP will participate. The virtual talk will take place on Thursday, 28 May at 16.00 (KST). You can also join the discourse on birds, climate change and North Korea by registering here.