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Climate Corps
Welcome to Climate Corps Summer School 2025!
Climate Corps
The Climate Corps (CC) is an initiative that unites higher education institutions to co-generate impactful solutions for climate crisis. It harnesses the collective expertise, resources, and influence of member universities.
CC aims to create a collaborative platform across disciplines and institutions, facilitating knowledge sharing, fostering innovative solutions, and driving the implementation of effective strategies to combat climate crisis.
2025 Climate Corps Summer School
Date: 6th-13th July 2025
Location: Seoul, South Korea
To foster global climate innovation leaders
CC Summer School 2025 Programme
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For all
Under the theme of “Cross-border Collaboration to Address the Climate Crisis.”, the week will comprise with a series of talks on climate technology, business, and policy.
Site visits will inspire the participants with the cutting-edge locations to showcase the urban planning, energy policy, waste management and waste management of Seoul Metropolitan City Government, and the energy storage technology and the climate tech start-up incubation. -
For students
The participants will team up with the colleagues from around the world to develop new research proposals, entrepreneurial project plans and/or policy suggestions mentored by participating faculty members.
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For faculty members
Thematic research discussion session for new collaborative research project ideas.
For the full information please download
the CC Summer School 2025 Handbook here
Climate Corps Summer School 2025 Talk List
Cross-border Collaboration for Climate Crisis
| Research Sharing Part 1 | ||||||
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| Day 1 7th July Adaptation, Energy & Education |
Urban Resiliance | 1 | 09:30-09:40 | Safe-to-fail infrastructure for urban resilience to extreme weather events | Prof. Yeowon Kim | Korea University |
| 2 | 09:40-09:50 | Climate risk, impacts, and adaptation | Prof. Murray Scown | Lund University | ||
| 3 | 09:50-10:00 | Climate and disaster resilience of Asian cities: An assessment tool | Prof. Rajib Shaw | Keio University | ||
| 4 | 10:00-10:10 | Climate Action Plans: Decarbonisation Challenges in Cities | Prof. Pushpa Arabindoo | University College London | ||
| 5 | 10:10-10:20 | Household Level adaptations to Climate Change: an international perspective from Cuba, Indonesia, and the U.S. | Prof. Victoria Ramenzoni | Rutgers University | ||
| Agriculture | 6 | 10:20-10:30 | Climate dynamics, Species Conservation, Invasive Species Ecology and Carbon-bioenergy Synergies in Nigeria's Agricultural and Plantation Landscapes | Prof. Olubode oluseun | University of Ibadan | |
| 7 | 10:30-10:40 | Energy storage and the preservation of agricultural produce | Prof. Dhiraj Patil | IIT Dharwad | ||
| Energy Governance | 8 | 10:40-10:50 | From Data to Impact: Enabling Reliable and Responsible Renewable Energy Operation | Prof. Ahmed Aziz Ezzat | Rutgers University | |
| 9 | 10:50-11:00 | Quantifying Korea’s Path to Carbon Neutrality: Challenges and Strategies for Renewable Integration | Prof. JongRoul Woo | Korea University | ||
| 10 | 11:00-11:10 | Polycentric Carbon Pricing Governance | Prof. Katja Biedenkopf | KU Leuven | ||
| Climate Education | 11 | 11:10-11:20 | Advancing Climate Education through a novel framework of Climate Kind Pedagogy | Prof. Kshamta Hunter | University of British Columbia | |
| 12 | 11:20:11:30 | Designing for Synergy: Evaluating Educational Impact in an Interdisciplinary Capstone Program | Prof. Hyunjung Bang | Kyushu University | ||
| Keynote speech | ||||
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| Day 1 | 15:00-15:30 | ESG as a Pathway to Sustainability & 2050 Net Zero | Yeonchul Yoo, Executive Director | UN Global Compact Network Korea |
| Overview | ||||
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| Day 1 | 15:30-15:50 | Climate and the United Nations: a global call for urgent action | Anne Juepner, Director | UNDP Seoul Policy Centre |
| 15:50-16:10 | Climate tech bridging science and society | Prof. Woo-Kyun Lee | Korea University | |
| 16:10-16:30 | Fostering Climate Tech for Sustainable Development | Jaeho Choi | Hyundai Motors On-Dream Society | |
| Research Sharing Part 2 | ||||||
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| Day 2 8th July Mitigation, Circularity & Policy |
Water Management | 13 | 09:30-09:40 | Energy-Water Nexus Climate Technology | Prof. Seung-Kwan Hong | Korea University |
| 14 | 09:40-09:50 | How Anthropogenic Climate Change Affects the Water Cycle | Prof. Min-Hui Lo | National Taiwan University | ||
| CCUS | 15 | 09:50-10:00 | Carbon Capture to Graphene and Graphite, Clean Hydrogen Production, and Sustainable Propulsion Systems Development | Prof. Abdalla Alghfeli | United Arab Emirates University | |
| Circular Economy | 16 | 10:00-10:10 | Electron-driven catalysis for sustainable chemistry: CO2 upcycling into value-added products | Prof. Teresa Andreu Arbella | University of Barcelona | |
| 17 | 10:10-10:20 | Climate change implication of circular economy: case of sharing business | Prof. Eri Amasawa | Waseda University | ||
| 18 | 10:20-10:30 | Catalysing Entrepreneurial Innovation for Circular Economy Transition in Global South | Prof. Curie Park | Korea University/University of Cambridge | ||
| Policy for Systemic Change | 19 | 10:30-10:40 | The Economics and Policies of Climate and Environment | Prof. Liu Tong | National University of Singapore | |
| 20 | 10:40-10:50 | Beyond transparency: The structural shift needed for meaningful business climate action and social justice | Prof. Samuel Tang | University College London | ||
| 21 | 11:00-11:10 | Navigating Finance and Geopolitics for Effective Cross-Border Climate Collaboration | Prof. Tamás Pesuth | Corvinus University of Budapest | ||
| 22 | 11:10-11:20 | Moving the dial on sea level rise adaptation policy | Prof. Ketty Loeb | University of Hawaii at Manoa | ||
| 23 | 11:20-11:30 | Sharing Responsibility for Climate Change: The role of international law | Prof. André Nollkaemper | University of Amsterdam | ||
| Industry Showcase | ||||
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| Day 2 | 13:30-13:50 | Seoul's Climate Policy and Its Challenges | Dr. Jung-Min Yu | The Seoul Institute |
| 13:50-14:10 | Against the ODDS : From Wasted Ugly Produce to a Healthier Table | Da Yeon Ahn, Hakyung Koh, Yujin Cho | Odds | |
Timetable: Student
| 7/6 (Sun) Day 0 |
7/7 (Mon) Day 1 |
7/8 (Tue) Day 2 |
7/9 (Wed) Day 3 |
7/10 (Thu) Day 4 |
7/11 (Fri) Day 5 |
7/12 (Sat) Day 6 |
7/13 (Sun) Day 7 |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Arrival Somerset Palace Seoul |
Registration /Ice-breaking |
Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Outing Korea National Arboretum (departure 8:30am) |
Departure Shuttle to Incheon Airport 8am 1pm 4pm |
| 09:30-10:00 | Research Sharing Part 1 (10 mins x 14) |
Research Sharing Part 2 | Teamwork 2 Ideation & Mentoring Methodology | Teamwork 3 Subject development |
Final Pitch part 1 |
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| 10:00-10:30 | ||||||||
| 10:30-11:00 |
Final Pitch part 2 |
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| 11:00-11:30 | ||||||||
| 11:30-12:00 | ||||||||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch & Campus Tour |
Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | Opening Ceremony | Industry Showcase + Q&A |
Site visit 6 Options |
Teamwork 4 Pitch Prep. |
Final Pitch part 3 |
Travel back to Seoul | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | ||||||||
| 14:30-15:00 | Break | |||||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Keynote speech, Overview Talk 1-3 + Q&A | Break | Mentoring Feedback |
Break | ||||
| 15:30-16:00 | Teamwork 1 Challenge Scoping |
Feedback & Closing ceremony | ||||||
| 16:00-16:30 | ||||||||
| 16:30-17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:00-17:30 | Break | Teamwork 5 Pitch Finalising |
Break | |||||
| 17:30-18:00 | Welcome Banquet | Farewell party | ||||||
| 18:00-19:00 |
Timetable: Faculty
| 7/6 (Sun) Day 0 |
7/7 (Mon) Day 1 |
7/8 (Tue) Day 2 |
7/9 (Wed) Day 3 |
7/10 (Thu) Day 4 |
7/11 (Fri) Day 5 |
7/12 (Sat) Day 6 |
7/13 (Sun) Day 7 |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Arrival Somerset Palace Seoul |
Registration /Ice-breaking |
Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Daily Briefing | Outing Korea National Arboretum (departure 8:30am) |
Departure Shuttle to Incheon Airport 8am 1pm 4pm |
| 09:30-10:00 | Research Sharing Part 1 (10 mins x 14) |
Research Sharing Part 2 | Teamwork 2 Ideation & Mentoring Methodology | Research Discussion continues |
Final Pitch part 1 |
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| 10:00-10:30 | ||||||||
| 10:30-11:00 |
Final Pitch part 2 |
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| 11:00-11:30 | ||||||||
| 11:30-12:00 | ||||||||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch & Campus Tour |
Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | Lunch & networking | ||
| 13:30-14:00 | Opening Ceremony | Industry Showcase + Q&A |
Site visit 6 Options |
Break | Final Pitch part 3 |
Travel back to Seoul | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | ||||||||
| 14:30-15:00 | Break | |||||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Keynote speech, Overview Talk 1-3 + Q&A | Break | Mentoring Feedback |
Break | ||||
| 15:30-16:00 | Research Discussion |
Feedback & Closing ceremony | ||||||
| 16:00-16:30 | ||||||||
| 16:30-17:00 | ||||||||
| 17:00-17:30 | Break | Planning Forward |
Break | |||||
| 17:30-18:00 | Welcome Banquet | Farewell party | ||||||
| 18:00-19:00 |
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Knowledge Partner
CC Member Universities
