THIS Student Representatives Achieve Excellent Results in the United Nations Youth Climate Summit China Regional Conference

Joanne Yuan gives a presentation

Owen Dai gives a presentation

THIS 12th-grade students, Owen Dai (戴亭亨) and Joanne Yuan (袁令仪) participated in the conference and gave presentations on the topics of “Clean Energy and Chinese Stories” and “Climate Policy and Community Development,” respectively. Through on-site voting by the conference delegates, both Owen and Joanne were honored as the most popular speakers in their respective sessions. In the evaluation by the judges, Owen was awarded the first prize for his presentation, and Joanne received the second prize.

Judge Shuying Yang presents an award to Owen Dai

Judge Qinyi Xu presents an award to Joanne Yuan

The United Nations Youth Climate Summit (Local Conference of Youth, LCOY) is an essential component of youth engagement in the regional intergovernmental climate negotiation process. The United Nations Youth Climate Summit (LCOY China) was held in China for the first time and was organized by the Songhe Growth and Care Foundation, authorized by YOUNGO (the official youth constituency at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). The conference aimed to gather young people from across China to collectively explore solutions to climate change and provide a platform for listening to the voices of youth.

This conference featured four themes: “Clean Energy and Chinese Stories,” “Industrial Innovation and other solutions,” “Climate Policy and Community Development,” and “Adaptation and Youth Engagement.” It was conducted through a combination of online and offline methods, with technical support provided by Kouxiang Academic and nationwide live streaming. The online audience exceeded 8,500 viewers. The organizers began collecting proposals from high school and college students nationwide on June 13th this year. They invited experts in environmental protection teaching and research from Peking University, Renmin University of China, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to review the proposals. Eventually, 24 students were selected to participate and deliver speeches at the conference.

The event was attended by the initiators: Mrs. Wang Lei from the Songhe Growth and Care Foundation, Professor Lu Keding, Deputy Secretary of the School of Environment and Engineering at Peking University, Professor Wang Ke from the School of Environment and Natural Resources at Renmin University of China, Chief Expert Yang Shuying from the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and Director Ma Ming from the United Nations Global Geospatial Information and Innovation Center. Also present at the opening ceremony was Ms. Ye Liyi, Head of the E-China Project at Stanford.

Group photo of participants

Tsinghua International School is committed to cultivating international talents who have strong academic capacity and social responsiblilty with a broad international outlook. Let’s congratulate the 12th grade students Owen Dai and Lingyi Yuan for their outstanding performance at the UN Youth Climate Summit China! We hope that more students will be inspired to shine in more and more international arenas!