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Hello, Dr. Chung.
Dr. Chung, a Global Energy Prize laureate, discusses Moscow's climate resilience, urban services, sustainability and the prize's international cooperation focus in this interview.
Key Takeaways
- Moscow is presented as a well-prepared, sustainable and high-quality-of-life megacity.
- The Global Energy Prize recognizes creativity and real-world impact and promotes international collaboration.
- Expanding the prize to developing and middle-income countries is seen as valuable for capacity building.
- Emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles and AI are increasingly shaping urban life.
What the video covers
- The interview is held in Moscow, with Dr. Chung describing it as an increasingly important second home due to repeated visits.
- Dr. Chung recalls a record heat day on July 11 at 36°C and notes Moscow's preparedness for extreme heat.
- Water tanker trucks cooling city streets are highlighted as an impressive urban service.
- Moscow is praised for climate readiness, cultural life, tourism, food and hotel services.
- Autonomous vehicles operating without drivers are described as an example of cutting-edge urban mobility.
- Moscow is ranked among the world's best megacities for ecological sustainability, air and water quality, cleanliness and safety.
- The Global Energy Prize 2025 was awarded to three scientists from Russia, China and the United States, presented as an example of international cooperation.
- Selection criteria emphasize high creativity and real-world impact of laureates' work.
- The discussion covers prize expansion to developing and industrializing countries and the need for capacity-building and dissemination categories.
- The interview closes with remarks on AI and robotics, which are expected to become more integrated into daily life.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and greetings
- 01:06Recalling the Global Energy Prize ceremony in Siberia
- 02:17First impressions of Moscow
- 04:15Extreme heat and climate preparedness
- 05:36Urban services and cleanliness
- 06:15Autonomous vehicles and urban technology
- 06:48Moscow's sustainability and safety
- 08:00Prize laureates and international cooperation
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Today we here in Moscow. So let me ask you a few questions about this beautiful dynamic city. So what do you think of Moscow? Oh, Moscow now it's becoming a home to me because I'm a regular visitor to Moscow and uh every time I arrive in
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Hello.
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hottest day on record. And so even Moscow is experiencing extreme heat and hot weather has also experienced climate change and but uh what I was surprised as the weather is getting hotter. Moscow city is also very well prepared for it.
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So, last time we saw each other in Siberia at the ceremony where we announced the names of the laureates of the Global Energy Prize 2025.
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city. This already Moscow is already ready for the handle or tackle with the change of climate. So, uh, the Moscow city to me is getting better and better and, uh, most well prepared in terms of, uh, cultural, uh, level and also the
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Today we are here in Moscow. So, let me ask you a few questions about this beautiful, dynamic city.
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And then also the traffic. I see that there is a auto errand running around the city without a driver and it looks very fancy and providing excellent mobility services for the citizens and it's one of the very few cities are
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So, what do you think of Moscow?
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is definitely one of the best in the world in terms of ecological sustainability, quality of life, air quality, water quality. To me, the streets are so clean and the safety is so wonderful. Don't have to worry about any safety concerns unlike any other
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Oh, Moscow. Now it's becoming a home to me, because I'm a regular visitor to Moscow, and every time I arrive and visit Moscow, I see that it is getting better and better.
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That's great. I'm sure Moscow is very happy to have you here as well. So this year we awarded the global entry prize to three scientists from Russia, China and the United States. So how this um shows us international cooperation?
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I was last here, and my last visit was July 11th, the hottest day on record in Moscow. It was 36°C, and the headline in the newspaper said it was the hottest day on record.
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advanced scientist for energy. So those very highly developed countries can produce so many winners. I think in a way it is uh very natural. But on the other hand it is showing uh big challenge and uh need for
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So even Moscow is experiencing extreme heat. Hot weather has also been affected by climate change. But what surprised me was that the weather is getting hotter, and Moscow is also very well prepared for it.
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future. How do you think in which countries should the global energy price expand its presence? Oh, I think uh there are developing countries and also the middle industrializing countries for example like a Korea and uh some other middle
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In the morning, when I see water tanks going around all the streets, spraying water to cool things down, the service is so impressive. So many water tanks go around the city to cool it down.
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in the in the level of technological uh creativity but maybe in terms of capacity building effort there can be a different category not only just for science scientific ingenuity. But there can be a different category of dissemination replication capacity
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Moscow is already ready to handle or tackle climate change. So, to me, Moscow is getting better and better, and it is well prepared in terms of culture and also in tourist attractions, like food and hotel services, which are getting better and better, one of the best in the world.
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What was the main criteria to select our laurates this year? Actually uh we have been always looking for the highest level of uh creativity and also the impact in the real world in the on the ground. What has been the real impact that what kind
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And then there's traffic. I see that there are autonomous vehicles running around the city without a driver. It looks very fancy and provides excellent mobility services for citizens. It's one of the very few cities doing this now, and Moscow is already experimenting with cutting-edge technologies for urban management.
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countries. Uh then I think global energy price can have a wide horizon of international collaboration.
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So I think, at the level of size of a megacity, bigger than 10 million people, among those megacities, Moscow is definitely one of the best in the world in terms of ecological sustainability, quality of life, air quality, and water quality. To me, the streets are so clean, and the safety is wonderful. You don't have to worry about safety concerns, unlike in other cities around the world.
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many technologies that we cannot even think of few years ago. Yes, that's true. For example, like artificial intelligence and robotization, we have been discussing it recently here in Moscow. But yes those technologies are here already in a way.
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So Moscow is getting better and better, and now it's becoming my second home.
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them in our daily life and the daily production and consumption patterns. So uh in that sense AI and the digitalization robots still not yet uh integrated into our daily life but it's I think it will get better and better
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That's great. I'm sure Moscow is very happy to have you here as well.
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happening very quick even before we realize it we will be swamped by the speed of this kind of technological innovations.
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So this year we awarded the Global Energy Prize to three scientists from Russia, China, and the United States. How does this show us international cooperation?
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