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CRI launches environmental protection project

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-11-25 17:20

A launch ceremony for China Radio International's "CRI in Action: Copenhagen to Cancun" project was held in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.

Echoing the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, the project initiated by CRI's English Service is composed of a series of activities to solicit worldwide opinions on global warming and calls for deep thinking on the issue through CRI's radio, online and mobile platforms.

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Ivan Tsang, a 15-year-old Hong Kong student from the Environmental Group of the International School of Beijing, asked questions about global warming at the launch ceremony from a child's viewpoint and reminded everyone to leave a healthier and greener earth for the next generation.

Jian Liu, Director of the International Ecosystem Management Partnership of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), highlighted the critical effect of the regulating services provided by ecosystems for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and called for political commitment at the highest level to give ecosystem-based adaptation the adequate political weight it deserves in the post-2012 climate change agreement and to allocate corresponding financial, technological and knowledge resources.

He also praised China's contributions to environmental protection and CRI's efforts to raise awareness about global warming.

As the organizer of the project, CRI hopes the activities can draw more attention to global warming, and has called for joint efforts around the globe to better cope with this situation.

CRI's famous hosts also shared their environmental protection tips via video recordings.

An exhibition of project introduction, data, diagrams and photos of global warming and tips on environmental protection also debuted at the launch ceremony. A follow-up exhibition is being planned for popular shopping malls in Beijing.

The project features solicited videos on global warming made by teenagers aged 14 to 17 around the world. Participants are welcome to express their thoughts and feelings on global warming and environmental changes in diverse ways.

CRI will also invite experts on climate change, enterprise representatives and middle-school students to join its video dialogues and radio programs to share their knowledge of and solutions for global warming.

Listeners and netizens are also welcome to leave messages on CRI's online interactive zone to offer their environmental protection tips.

The project will last until next January. Excellent video makers and participants will receive certificates and prizes.

The project is supported by institutions such as the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The Climate Group, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Republic of Maldives, CRI's overseas bureaus, SOHU.com, Sina Microblog and the International School of Beijing.