The HUSS Environmental Consortium (Kookmin University, Deoksung Women's University, Ulsan National University, Inha University, and Chosun University), which is led by Kookmin University (President JEONG, SEUNG RYUL), and the Environment Foundation, a foundation corporation, signed a business agreement at the Nest Hotel in Incheon on October 4 (Friday) to foster human resources based on humanities and society to respond to the climate crisis.

The signing ceremony was attended by Kang Yoon-hee, director of the Climate Change Response Project at Kookmin University, the host university of the consortium, as well as the presidents of the four participating universities, Choi Yul, chairman of the Environment Foundation, and Lee Im-kyung.

The MOU is an agreement between the Environmental Consortium and the Environment Foundation to cooperate with each other in responding to the climate crisis and fostering humanities-based convergence human resources for a sustainable society, and promises to cooperate on ▲ developing and operating climate change and environment courses, ▲ developing and operating climate change and environment-related comparative studies programs, ▲ developing the Environment Foundation's Green Boat participation and onboard civic lecture programs, ▲ establishing and operating youth ESG leadership courses, and ▲ other joint consultations and decisions.

Commenting on the agreement, Kang Yoon-hee, President of Kookmin University, said, “The Environment Foundation is the most important environmental NGO organization in Korea, and I think it would be meaningful for our five universities to sign an MOU and work together. I hope that it will not just be a simple MOU, but that it will lead to concrete results, and that the curriculum and comparison departments and the many different projects conducted by the Environment Foundation will be linked to each other and bear good fruit.” Choi Yeol, Chairman of the Environment Foundation, said, “We are currently facing serious climate and environmental problems that cannot be solved unless the entire human race works together. The Foundation will work with five universities, including Kookmin University, to create a good model with civil society so that they can play a good role in research and international action to respond to the climate crisis.”

<From left to right: Kim Ki-wook of Ulsan University, Kim Jong-gil of Deoksung Women's University, Yoon Hee Kang of Kookmin University, Choi Yeol, Chairman of the Environment Foundation, Im Kyung-kyung, Kim Jung-ho of Inha University, and Kang Hee-sook of Chosun University>

The HUSS Environmental Consortium is part of the HUSS Humanities and Society Convergence Talent Development Project, organized by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea, under the theme of “Coexistence and Co-prosperity in the Era of Climate Crisis,” in which Kookmin University and four other universities (Deoksung Women's University, Ulsan University, Inha University, and Chosun University) are fostering future humanities and society talents with problem-solving capabilities and convergent thinking by breaking down boundaries between universities and majors.