Sharm El-Sheikh, 10 November 2022, – with Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27, the Youth Environmentally Friendly Actions Committee of All-China Environment Federation (ACEF-YEFAC), together with supporters, officially launched the Birds Protection and Climate Action Initiative of Chinese Youth (hereinafter referred to as the Initiative) at UNFCCC Press Conference. Ling Yuan yousa, the bird protection ambassador of ACEF-YEFAC and a youth representative from State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) gave a speech respectively.

Ms. Gao Jinyi, Secretary General of ACEF-YEFAC, firstly introduced the background and purpose of the Initiative. She said, “Through the Initiative, we hope to inspire youth communities around the world to conserve the earth’s eco-environment and jointly foster the harmonious co-existing relations between human and Nature, to showcase the powerful spiritual charm of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and to contribute Chinese youth’s wisdom and strength to building a fair and rational global climate governance system for win-win results.”

Then the bird protection ambassador of ACEF-YEFAC, a virtual idol named Ling Yuan yousa, who has over 3 million fans in China, called for more young people to participate the bird protection actions immediately via video at the press conference, and elaborated the need for bird protection.

Mr. Zhu Jie, a youth representative from State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), shared how did they resolve the bird nesting problems on power transmission towers through innovative technologies at work, and the joint efforts SGCC made in collaboration with the government to protect the endangered species - Oriental Stork, including establishing the “Oriental Stork Reserve”, facilitating the government to issue the Measures on Strengthening the Construction and Management of the Oriental Stork Reserve in Gaoyou, and setting up a bird protection volunteer service team, which fully demonstrated the resolution and wisdom of Chinese enterprises to promote the harmonious development of economy, nature and society.

The launch of the Initiative was actively supported by universities, social organizations and enterprises in China. Young people are the creators and pioneers of the future, and their ideas and actions closely affect the way forward on climate issues. During the Youth and Future Generations Day, young representatives were able to present their statements for driving climate ambition to peers and high-level policymakers.

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