Julian Quintart

줄리안 퀸타르트 Belgium 🇧🇪

Climate communicator

Known for Abnormal Summit

The Belgian who gets Korea talking about climate

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Julian Quintart is a Belgian TV personality, DJ and climate communicator who has lived in Korea since 2004. Korean audiences know him from JTBC's Abnormal Summit, and he now appears every week on JTBC's Talkpawon 25 O'Clock. He works in Korean, French and English.

He has been an EU Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Action since 2016 and an ambassador for Korea's National Climate Crisis Response Commission since 2025. His work has earned the 2023 Korea Green Climate Award (Minister of Environment Prize), the 2024 Herald Eco Award grand prize and a 2025 Minister of Environment commendation for carbon-neutral action.

Julian gives more than 50 talks a year on the climate crisis, air pollution, plastic and food systems, for companies, universities and public institutions. For companies, he goes beyond “every small step counts”: his ESG talks show what a business can actually change in how it operates, often paired with a hands-on Climate Fresk workshop for employees. Since 2024 he has run more than 70 Climate Fresk workshops for over 1,000 people. As country lead for Climate Fresk Korea, and one of only seven Blue Belt facilitators in Asia, he now trains new facilitators.

He started out as a DJ, playing events for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Mercedes-Benz. He also lives what he talks about: vegan since 2021, trains and public transport for travel within Korea, clothes kept for years. He founded Nono Shop & Cafe, a zero-waste shop and vegan café near Namdaemun Market, and co-founded Volunteer Korea, which brings foreign residents and Koreans together for clean-ups and community projects.

Ambassador, National Climate Crisis Response Commission (2025–)
EU Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Action
Co-host of Bijeongsang Suda on Pado Pado Studio (YouTube), with Cristina
Co-founder, Volunteer Korea
Country lead, Climate Fresk Korea · Blue Belt facilitator (one of 7 in Asia)
Runs Nono Shop, a zero-waste shop and vegan café near Namdaemun Market
2025 Minister of Environment commendation (carbon-neutral action)
2024 Grand Prize, 3rd Herald Eco Award

Work with Julian

Photos

Talks

What a Company Can Change: ESG in Action

ESG starts with action, not reports. Going beyond “every small step counts,” this talk helps a company understand the climate crisis properly and find concrete changes it can make in its business and organization. It can be paired with a hands-on Climate Fresk workshop for employees.

Save the Planet! Small Efforts, Big Change

Plogging, zero waste, plant-based eating: Julian draws on years of hands-on practice to show what individuals can do about a problem as big as the climate crisis. A hopeful, motivating talk.

One Plant-Based Meal for the Planet

Shocked by how much our diet affects the planet's ecosystems, Julian went fully vegan in 2021. He shares what he has learned along the way, for anyone who finds plant-based eating hard and doesn't know where to start.

I've Changed!

In Korean, saying someone has “changed” usually sounds negative. But if we never change, we stay where we are. A talk on why change matters, for a better us and for our dreams. Let's all change!

Video

Abnormal Summit cast reunite for a plogging clean-up day (Welcome, First Time in Korea?)

Sebasi talk: why we have to change (Korean)

Sebasi talk: why I share my favorite vegan restaurants (Korean)

Selected work

Talks

Korea Green Foundation
Sebasi
Shinsegae Food
Better Meat
Korea Tourism Organization
Samsung Engineering
Seoul National University
Ministry of Justice mentor training: Living in Korea as an immigrant (2019–2022)
Talk for Social Integration Program level-5 teachers: Paving the way to social integration (2020)
Sejong education center: Education in Belgium and Korea (2020)
Ewha Womans University: Conversation with an immigrant mentor, Social Integration Program (2019)
Korea Tourism Organization: Belgium, land of festivals (2021)
National Fire Service Academy: Firefighting history and culture in Europe (2020)
Talk event “Top Handsome Guys from Far Away” (2015)
Kindness talk concert (2014)

Key TV shows

2026– Bijeongsang Suda, Pado Pado Studio (YouTube), co-host
Talkpawon 25 O'Clock (JTBC)
Welcome, First Time in Korea? (MBC every1)
Abnormal Summit (JTBC)
Naked World History (tvN)
Cool Kiz on the Block (KBS): cycling, swimming
King of Mask Singer (MBC)
Cook King (JTBC)
Real Men 2 (MBC)
I Can See Your Voice (Mnet)
Where Is My Friend's Home (JTBC): China, Belgium
Off to School (JTBC)
SNL Korea Season 5
Wednesday Food Talk (tvN)

DJ & music direction

2021 Stella Artois, Frites Artois
2021 Stella Artois, Heartbeats Studio
2014–2015 W Hotel, Woo Bar
2013, 2014 Enzuvan fashion show
Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Cartier, Mercedes-Benz, Omega Watches, Adidas, Nike, Perrier, La Neige, Diesel, American Apparel, Samsung, Gucci, Swarovski, Jaguar, Castelbajac, Urban Decay and more
Itaewon Global Village Festival, Corona Sunsets, Holiday Land, UMF, Seoul Fashion Festival, World DJ Festival, Spektrum and more

Ambassador roles & awards

2025– Ambassador, National Climate Crisis Response Commission
2025 Minister of Environment commendation (carbon-neutral action)
2024 Grand Prize, 3rd Herald Eco Award
2023 Korea Green Climate Award, Excellence Prize (citizen category)
2022 Cup Guardians
2018, 2019, 2021 Ghent University Global Campus
2020 Honorary Citizen of Seoul
2020 Honorary neighborhood head for foreign residents, Yongsan-gu
2020 Social integration immigrant mentor group, 1st and 2nd cohorts
2019–2023 Social integration advisory committee member, Ministry of Justice
2019 Hergé: Tintin exhibition
2016 Ambassadeur de la Province de Liège (honorary ambassador of the Province of Liège, Belgium)
2016 EU Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Action
2016 Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS)
2016 Gangnam multicultural awareness project
2015 Silk Road Gyeongju 2015
2015 King Sejong Institute
2015 Bucheon International Comics Festival
2015 ICLEI
2014 KMS K-Movie Supporters
2014 Seoul Kimjang Festival

Film & TV drama

2013 Aengdu, Let's Date (as Sam)
2012 Papa (as a twin)
2007 My Tutor Friend 2 (as George)
Smashing on Your Back (TV Chosun, as Wang-dae)
Unkind Ladies (KBS, as Leif Garrett)
The Girl Who Sees Smells (SBS, cameo)
Here Comes the Family (SBS, as Michael)
Soaring (SBS, as Daniel)

Radio

TBS eFM The Qube, host DJ
Super Junior's Kiss the Radio (KBS)
2 O'Clock Date with Park Kyung-lim (MBC)

Want to work with Julian?

Talks, TV & radio, events & hosting, YouTube — tell us what you have in mind, in English, French or Korean. Our Seoul team usually replies within 2 working days.