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Young-kee Lee

Director General of the Environmental Resources Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research of Korea

Young-kee Lee is speaking at the following WCEF2018 session:

Mon 22 October at 16:30 : Social, Environmental and Economic Benefits from Circular Economy in Developing Countries

What's this about?

Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

Theme

Sustainability solutions

Our daily lives, decision-making practices and business can fit within the earth’s carrying capacity. It pays to seize sustainable solutions right now, as they can help us stop overconsumption and biodiversity loss and mitigate climate change.