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Biography
Sugang Kim is a Research Associate at NEXT group, conducting research on corporate and sectoral decarbonization strategies and modelling GHG emissions. Before joining NEXT, Sugang gained experience in various industry sectors as a credit rating analyst at Korea Investors Service Inc. With her previous experience, she wishes to explore net-zero strategies to strengthen the industry sector competitiveness in this era with serious climate challenges.
Education
- B.A. in Business Administration, Korea University (2019)
Career
- NEXT group (Researcher, 2023 - Present)
- Korea Investors Service (Analyst, 2019 - 2023)
Publications4
Energy Policy Simulator(EPS)
The Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) is a comprehensive analytical model designed to evaluate the impacts of energy policies across all sectors of the economy, including industry, power generation, and transportation. By integrating a wide array of policy levers—such as carbon pricing and renewable energy subsidies—users can construct customized scenarios to quantitatively assess greenhouse gas reductions, energy demand, and macroeconomic ripple effects, including GDP fluctuations and public health benefits derived from improved air quality. The EPS serves as a critical strategic compass for policymakers, providing a scientific foundation to identify the most cost-effective and beneficial climate action strategies while facilitating the design of optimal policy roadmaps that harmonize economic growth with environmental sustainability.
Strategic Transformation of Korea’s Petrochemical Complexes
The global petrochemical industry is facing structural stagnation due to oversupply, threatening the regional economies of Korea’s three main complexes (Yeosu, Daesan, Ulsan). The Korea petrochemical industry needs to shift to a new growth sector, backed by real investment to ease regional stagnation.
Myopic Government Policy for Petchem in Peril: Shortcomings and Solutions
Amid oversupply and declining operating rates, the government’s petrochemical competitiveness plan reveals limitations across restructuring, investment, and R&D, underscoring the need for a more decisive policy shift toward decarbonization.
A Net Zero Roadmap for South Korea's Petrochemical Industry
The net-zero roadmap for South Korea’s petrochemical industry charted by NEXT group presents strategies that envisage the sector gaining a sharper competitive edge in the global market while contributing to the effort to keep global warming within a 1.5°C rise.