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A Message from KIGAM to Unite Against Global Crisis!
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  • Date2021/01/07 00:00
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A Message from KIGAM to Unite Against Global Crisis

 

Dearest Fellow Researchers & Visitors around the world!

 

I would like to start this message with the hope of the year 2021.

I hope this year is the beginning of a new era that we overcome all difficulties ahead of us and move forward to the bright future.

 

Last year, the COVID-19 puts the global world in grave danger. We are still adjusting the uneasy orders of the New Normal to fight against this unhistoric pandemic disease. The human race is going under the darkest tunnel for now, but we will reach the point where we see the sunshine of the daylight.

 

Aside from the war against the COVID-19, we are in the middle of witnessing how the 4th Industrial Revolution changes the world. Today, people live in societies where we must keep social distance and no-contacting ‘untact’ is a new lifestyle of here and now. This new PARADIGM rapidly accelerates the digital transformation of all aspects of our lives. We massively experience digitalized economy utilizing big data and ICT-related technologies day by day.

 

Second, the COVID-19 pandemic brought attention to the climate crisis as an imminent global threat. The world leaders recognize the importance of the ‘Green Economy’ to reduce environmental risks for sustainable developments without degrading the environment.

 

The Korean government also takes action toward decarbonization, carbon neutrality, and renewable energy for climate changes. The Green Economy-related science and technology are emerging as a new field of the future.

 

As for the major developed countries, the waves of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the Green Economy are the breakthrough for future progress. However, this also worsens the chronic social problems. We could notice widened gaps of digitalization, reduced jobs, and deepened polarization of our societies. We must develop toward a robust healthy society by minimizing social weakness and vulnerability for the big picture.

The World Economic Forum (WEF), which first used the term for ‘the 4th Industrial Revolution, set the keyword for 2021 as the ‘Great Reset’ pointing out these utter changes will make significant differences in how we live.

 

Science and technology developed at the speed of light. Many scholars and futurists expect this innovation of the 21st Century for the next 100 years will surpass the total accumulation of science and technology progress over the past 2,000 years.

 

In this upheaval time of science and technology, KIGAM will be the frontier of securing the global competitiveness in Geoscience and the Global Environment in the 21st Century.

 

As the world continues to recover from the COVID-19 induced economic recession, the Korean government also came forth with the new blueprint, which is the ‘Korean New Deal’ policy, to prevail over the hardships.

 

The ‘Korean New Deal’ is a grand transformation strategy, which delivers in two tracks: (1) Digital New Deal and (2) Green New Deal. We expect that this new vision will set the thriving future, as well as extend Korea’s roles in the world against ‘Emerging Global Crises,’ like COVID-19, which a single nation cannot solve. As the government-funded Geoscience organization, KIGAM corresponds to the government’s new visionary agendas with our cutting-edge R&D technologies.

 

I assure you that KIGAM’s best efforts can bring a good influence on the nation and humanity. KIGAM will reborn as the true world-class Geoscience R&D organization when we keep listening to your voice and our communities. I promise to fulfill my roles and responsibility for the sustainable developments of KIGAM.

 

We opened up the year 2021 with challenging news about the COVID-19, which unseemly stay with us a little more than our initial expectation. However, we will eventually win over this global pandemic.

 

Dearest KIGAM Supporters and International Friends!

 

Until we meet together face-to-face, let’s be safe together for us and our closest ones!

 

Thank you very much.

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Dr. Bok Chul Kim

President

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)