Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: Adapting to Flood Risk

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Professor Kim Kwi-Gon is an environmental ecological planner actively involving himself to the center of environmental and climate field where environmental problems have become global issues and green growth a vision of nations. He received his bachelor's degree in Forestry from Seoul National University master's degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Canterbury New Zealand and masters degree in Regional and Urban Planning Studies at the School of Planning University of Reading UK and a Ph. D. in Planning Studies at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning UCL University of London UK. His current field of interest is planning and creation of Low- Carbon Ecopolis and Climate Smart Cities ideal cities where human beings and nature coexist.Catherine Atkin is an attorney entrepreneur and urban planner committed to building equitable and effective climate solutions and leveraging the power of carbon data transparency and climate technology innovations to drive climate impact and sustainable development. She received a BA from Stanford University a law degree from Berkeley School of Law (UCB) and a masters degree in Urban Planning from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).  She is a member of the California Bar and a member of the California Lawyers Association Environmental Law Section. She is Co-chair of the Stanford Law School CodeX Center for Legal Informatics Climate Data Policy Initiative and is an expert on national and sub-national GHG data policies and accounting frameworks with a special focus on how next-gen technologies like BC AI and IoT can be leveraged for greater transparency and impact and is.   She is co-chair of the UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub Consumption Based Accounting City Initiative Working Group where she is focused on the development of new GHG accounting and financing solutions that can catalyze sustainable and climate positive value chains.