12 min

Taiwan's youth climate activist: Liang-Yi Chang (350.org‪)‬ Waste Not WHY Not

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Two things happened this week: 1/ COP (Conference of the Parties - ie the only time countries meet to negotiate climate agreements) just wrapped up in Spain. 2/ Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg was named TIME Person of the Year. Today, we discuss something in between. Every year at COP, young activists continue to be at the front of the conversation. This episode, we meet a climate activist from Taiwan who’s attendance at a previous COP as a 21-year-old created a diplomatic stir. He also found a very unlikely ally, who also took him to Antarctica. Our youth activist is Liang-Yi Chang (張良伊). He co-founded the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition in 2008/9. Today, he’s Asian Managing Director for the international environmental organization, 350.org. And this is his story.

Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. 

EPISODE CREDIT | Allison Chan, producer, editor | Nate Maynard (@N8May), host | Yu-Chen Lai (@aGuavaEmoji) and Thomas Lee, assistance | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), executive producer | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media
Support the show: https://patreon.com/wastenotwhynot
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two things happened this week: 1/ COP (Conference of the Parties - ie the only time countries meet to negotiate climate agreements) just wrapped up in Spain. 2/ Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg was named TIME Person of the Year. Today, we discuss something in between. Every year at COP, young activists continue to be at the front of the conversation. This episode, we meet a climate activist from Taiwan who’s attendance at a previous COP as a 21-year-old created a diplomatic stir. He also found a very unlikely ally, who also took him to Antarctica. Our youth activist is Liang-Yi Chang (張良伊). He co-founded the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition in 2008/9. Today, he’s Asian Managing Director for the international environmental organization, 350.org. And this is his story.

Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. 

EPISODE CREDIT | Allison Chan, producer, editor | Nate Maynard (@N8May), host | Yu-Chen Lai (@aGuavaEmoji) and Thomas Lee, assistance | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), executive producer | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media
Support the show: https://patreon.com/wastenotwhynot
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 min