During the Bonn Climate Change Conference ,China Pavilion  held the side event concerns on Youth Voice on Climate Change on 11th Nov.. Vice president of Innovative Research Institute of Science Popularization, Shenzhen Ms. Xiaoting LIU was invited to participate in one of the modules and act as a guest commentator.

This side event will discuss popular topics among the young generation under a theme of “Responsibility, Innovation, Participation and Cooperation”. Based on internationally innovative case studies, the discussion will be raised on the role of young powers in fostering collaborations in the field of climate action and environmental protection, raising the public awareness as well as establishing the efficient eco-environmental communication and collaboration system.Center for Environmental Education and Communications of Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing International Studies University,  Foundation for Environmental Education, WWF, Innovative Research Institute of Science Popularization, Shenzhen and other institutions and youth from the United States, Kenya, Malaysia and other countries on behalf of a total of more than 60 people were involved in the side event.Mr. Feng JIA, Director General, CEEC of MEP China made the opening address.

Green Young Pioneers Program is the new modules of 2017 Handle Climate Change Film Festival. Activities by invited experts in the field of climate change and film  production to train Shenzhen primary and secondary school teachers with specialized knowledge, and students guided by the teachers to shoot excellent films. The organizing committee encourage young people to think about climate change via films, and to develop the concept of low carbon life.

Ms. Xiaoting LIU mentioned that mindset decides action, action decides habit, and habit decides result, first and foremost is to change mindset. Green Young Pioneers program purpose is to help young people understand the world, enhance the perception of life and increase the sense of purpose.

In panel discussion, Xiaoting LIU said in the process of cultivating young climate leaders each organization's role is crucial, all sectors of society need to work together to have a significant effect. But from the chronological order of adolescent growth, the education institution, as the first platform, needs to instil the concept of climate to form the correct values. Secondly, when teenagers graduated from school into society, the government's various policies on climate change will affect the young people's employment outlook and guide them to work in related enterprises. In the end, NGOs create an atmosphere of concern for climate change through various kinds of activities, and enterprises conduct personnel training through thinking about social responsibility and future talent reserve.