Our team
Jungdo Kim
Director
Over the past 14 years, Jungdo Kim has focused on developing and institutionalizing environmental policies through field-based work. His core areas of engagement include the phase-out of coal-fired power generation, renewable energy transitions, the promotion of a circular economy, and the protection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
Through this work, he has come to understand the climate crisis as fundamentally a human rights crisis, and believes that resilient, community-rooted democratic practices can offer meaningful alternatives. He is committed to advancing practical approaches that bring together climate justice, human rights, and democracy.
Jungdo Kim
Director
Hyelyn Kim
Executive Director
Since 2015, Hyelyn Kim has worked on human rights and environmental issues arising within the global supply chains of Korean companies, through field-based research and policy analysis. She has been closely involved in addressing large-scale resource development projects in Indonesia—including palm oil and nickel—through collaborative research and campaigns with domestic and international civil society organizations. She emphasizes humans as part of nature and brings this perspective into public and policy debates on climate action.
Hyelyn Kim
Executive Director
Shinyoung Chung
Senior Researcher / U.S.-licensed Attorney
Shinyoung Chung has worked on legal advocacy, research, and solidarity initiatives to advance the rights of marginalized migrants, including refugees, survivors of human trafficking, and Indigenous peoples. She believes that protecting the planet does not lie in further extraction and exploitation, but in safeguarding the lives of those who depend on land and community. Her work is grounded in listening to and amplifying the voices of people living in poverty across different parts of the world.
Shinyoung Chung
Senior Researcher / U.S.-licensed Attorney
Seungwoo Hyun
Campaigner
Seungwoo Hyun has a background in history and works on issues related to the social and environmental impacts of energy policies and development projects. He is particularly interested in promoting responsible policy alternatives and connecting the voices of local communities and civil society with policymaking processes
Seungwoo Hyun
Campaigner
Ayu Kusuma Pertiwi
Policy Researcher
Ayu Kusuma Pertiwi has a background in education and law and has been active in environmental and human rights advocacy since 2017. Formerly a campaigner and public engagement specialist with WALHI – Friends of the Earth Indonesia, her current work focuses on socio-legal research and community empowerment. She is deeply committed to integrating environment and climate justice with community perspectives into public policy, and she actively builds networks that connect local grassroots movements with national and international platforms.
Ayu Kusuma Pertiwi
Policy Researcher
Board Members
Doona Kim
Attorney, Korean Lawyers for Public Interest and Human Rights
Minhee Kim
Climate Activist / Farmer
Jongchul Kim
Attorney, Advocates for Public Interest Law
Jooyoung Park
Chair, iCOOP Jeju In Consumer Cooperative
Auditor
Bookeon Koh
Managing Attorney, Law Office Bookeon