CARBON FREE ALLIANCE

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Carbon Free Alliance is
a global coalition of energy providers and industrial energy users for their joint efforts towards a carbon free economy.

Vision

To align the global aspiration of mid-century carbon neutrality goal with local decentralized individual decisions resulting in self-sustaining emissions reductions.

Mission

Expanding access to carbon free energy

Establishing globally harmonized carbon free energy standards

Contributing to decarbonizing the hard-to-abate industrial sectors

Reducing the divide between developed and developing countries in climate vulnerability and responses

President's Message

It is more urgent than ever for global action to stop climate change. Also urgent is to advance a thriving economy. We must achieve climate change mitigation and economic growth simultaneously, and develop viable strategies to meet this goal.

The Carbon Free Alliance aims to respond to these calls.
We advocate ambitious climate actions but we are technology neutral.

The Carbon Free Alliance welcomes all energy sources and related technologies as long as they contribute to advancing carbon free economy. We aim to be a global coalition of energy providers and industrial energy users for their joint effort towards a carbon free economy.

We are keen on addressing challenges faced by the energy- and emissions-intensive industries, which are very often key sectors driving the economy, especially in developing countries. Achieving global net-zero by mid-century depends on how rapidly developing countries reduce emissions.

The Carbon Free Alliance aims to facilitate the rapid deployment of carbon free energy especially in developing countries. The objectives of the Carbon Free Alliance are in line with the Carbon Free Energy Initiative proposed by the President of the Republic of Korea at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in 2023. The Carbon Free Alliance plans to be a platform open to all stakeholders sharing the vision of technology-neutral carbon free economy.

Korea is ready to work with all stakeholders supporting this vision.

The Carbon Free Alliance invites you to join us on the journey to achieving the global goal of protecting nature and advancing the economy.

Hoesung Lee

Our people

Hoesung LEE

President

Euyseok YANG

Secretary General

Jinmi KIM

Executive Director, Office of CFA President

Sunghoon KIM

Manager, Strategy & Management

Semi JUNG

Senior Specialist, Strategy & Management

Seonwook KIM

Manager, CFE Certification & Standards

SeongHee YANG

Deputy Manager, CFE Certification & Standards

Minji KIM

Deputy Manager, CFE Certification & Standards

Kihwan KIM

Manager, International Cooperation

Manhui LEE

Deputy Manager, International Cooperation

Semin PARK

Specialist, International Cooperation

Contact us

cfa@carbon-free-alliance.org

+82-2-6050-1771

11th floor, 39 Sejongdaero, Jung-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (04513)

Dr. Hoesung Lee is the President of Carbon Free Alliance, and Special Ambassador for Carbon Free Energy, Republic of Korea. The Carbon Free Alliance is an organization launched in October 2023 by the Government of the Republic of Korea as a public and private sector coalition to advance carbon free energy globally to support climate solutions and economic growth. Dr. Lee is the 6th Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2015-2023 which provided scientific inputs to developing global climate actions in line with the Paris Agreement of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the 2018 Special Report on 1.5^oC Global Warming which led to global consensus for mid-century net-zero carbon neutrality, and the 2023 IPCC Synthesis Report which served as a basis for the first Global Stocktake implemented for the Paris Agreement in 2023. He is an economist specializing in climate change and energy. He is a distinguished fellow of the Institute of Energy Economics Japan, chair of the Asian Development Bank President's Advisory Board on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, and a member of the Steering Committee for the Innovation for the Cool Earth Forum Japan. Lee was the founding president of the Korea Energy Economics Institute - a government agency for national energy policy development, distinguished research fellow at the Korea Environment Institute, senior adviser to the Minister of Energy and Resources and the Minister of Environment, senior fellow at the Korea Development Institute, and economist at Exxon Company USA. He served as the president of the International Association for Energy Economics, president of the Korea Resources Economics Association, member of the International Advisory Board of the Battelle-Pacific Northwest National Lab, USA, the Board of Directors of Hyundai Corporation and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, and council member of the Global Green Growth Institute. Dr. Lee was Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group III (the economic and social dimensions of climate change) for the Second Assessment which provided a scientific basis for the UNFCCC's Kyoto Protocol. He served as Vice-Chair of the IPCC 2008-2015, and lead author and review editor for the various IPCC assessments. He received his B.A. in international economics from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University, USA. Dr. Lee was named to the 2019 TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World. He received the 2021 Outstanding Contributions to the Profession Award from the International Association for Energy Economics. He was named to the 2021 Bloomberg 50 List.