Strategic partnership for global environmental protection and sustainable development

Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, 22 June 2012 – ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability East Asia Secretariat and Korea Environment Corporation sign on a Memorandum of Understanding on environmental collaboration on the occasion of the Rio+20 Global Town Hall.

The MoU between the parties highlights mutual technical support and collaboration to implement low carbon green growth and sustainable development by both organizations at global, national and local level. Therefore both organizations will develop and accelerate projects and programs together for sustainable development for the ICLEI members, 1,200 local governments, and expected ones while it is expected that both organizations can increase their values via exchanging accumulated experiences and measures on tackling climate change.

Specifically, both organizations will build a collaborative relationship on ICLEI’s carbon Climate Cities Registry, GHG inventory and climate change adaptation and mitigation for local governments globally as well as Korea LGs.

The Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) will establish a long term framework for sustainable development of ICLEI and inter-local-governments based on the MoU, especially KECO will support the ICLEI East Asia Secretariat which is expected to open in Seoul Korea in December or November 2012.