On December 12, local time, on the occasion of the 3th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the China-UAE Youth Football Match and Climate Action Comic Exhibition, as an important supporting event of the Chinese delegation to COP28, was successfully held in Dubai.
With the theme of "low carbon", the Climate Action Comic Show includes three content sections: pursuing the current carbon footprint (low-carbon lifestyle, coordinated development of economy and low-carbon, etc.), calling for reducing carbon emissions, and looking forward to a low-carbon future.
Previously, the comic book exhibition was exhibited in the China corner of Cop28. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Sultan Jaber, President of COP28, Xie Zhenhua, China's Special Envoy for Climate Change, Zhao Yingmin, Head of the Chinese Delegation and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Solheim, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ruihua Ke, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, Warren Evans, Special Envoy for Climate Change of the Asian Development Bank, and Gerbrand Haverkamp, CEO of the World Benchmarking Alliance, visited the comic book exhibition, and the online exhibition was simultaneously displayed on China News Network. On the same day, members of the royal family of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates visited the comic exhibition with teenagers from local Chinese schools in Dubai.
【same period】Cartoon author: Chen Nuolin, a local Chinese school teenager in Dubai
The name of the painting is "Low-carbon Travel, Dancing with Nature". When I created this painting, I used blue and green as the base, and I wanted to appeal to everyone to protect nature.
[same period] comic book author Dubai local Chinese school teenager Liu Meichu
The first is a scene of the earth being polluted, and this picture shows how to restore the life of the earth. The purpose of my painting is to allow people to protect the environment and restore the ecological balance of the earth.
Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, said in his speech that it is the responsibility of contemporary youth to promote global development and build a clean and beautiful world. Chinese and Arab youth should take active action to become a new force in global climate governance.
Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
In the face of increasingly severe global climate change, we need to build a clean and beautiful world. Mankind is a community with a shared future, and in the face of such a serious and important matter, we need more than ever the broad participation of young people, and young people must be brave enough to shoulder this mission and responsibility. Therefore, I hope that the young friends of China and Argentina and the youth of the world will unite to promote the global response to climate change.
Prince Sheikh Mohammed of the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, said in his speech that holding a green and low-carbon themed friendly football match and comic exhibition is not only innovative, but also a good way to attract public participation.
Prince Sheikh Mohammed, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
During COP28, we held a comic exhibition for children to express their opinions on environmental protection topics such as low-carbon green development and emission reduction. At the same time, holding a friendly football match under the same blue sky to convey the concept of low-carbon environmental protection is both innovative and attractive. In the next step, I will further promote and deepen exchanges and cooperation between the UAE and China in sports and culture.
With the referee's whistle, the young players of Dubai Dragon 12 Football Club and Fair Play Club, which represented Chinese teenagers and UAE teenagers respectively, launched a fierce scramble on the green field of Dubai Football Academy.
In the end, Dubai Dragon XII Football Club won the match of the day. The guests at the scene presented the public welfare certificates of the football game and the comic exhibition to the young people who participated in the event.
The event was hosted by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Dubai, Chinanews.com, and the "Belt and Road" International Green Development Alliance, and co-organized by Bank of China Dubai Branch. Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Prince Sheikh Mohammed, Prince Sheikh Aharis, Prince Sheikh Saeed of the Emirate of Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates, Li Xuhang, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Dubai, Hu Jun, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Yu Lan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China News Service and President of China News Network, Pan Xinyuan, President of Bank of China Dubai Branch, and other Chinese and Arab guests, as well as overseas Chinese, Chinese and Arab youths from Dubai, and representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises attended the event.
Song Zhe, He Xianjin and Lang Jiahui report from Dubai
Editor in charge: [Luo Pan]