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Peking University, Dec. 21, 2009: Recently, countries all over the world stated their
positions and put forward proposals on climate change issues on the UN Climate
Change Conference, which was held in Copenhagen. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the
State Council, attended the conference and on Dec 17th and 18th and addressed
speeches about China‘s position and suggested on coping with climate change and
strengthen international cooperation.
On Dec 17th, just before the end of the conference, Youth Volunteers Association of
Peking University and the Environmental Education Base of China University
Students published a proposal Cope with Climate Change and Build Ecological
Civilization in order to draw the youth‘s attention to Copenhagen and call on PKU
students to shoulder the responsibility of coping with climate change and create a
low-carbon and sustainable lifestyle.
As is mentioned in the proposal, nowadays, climate change has brought a huge
challenge to the survival and existence of human beings. Bearing hope and
responsibility, university students are the pioneers in leading the culture of
environmental protection, boasting researches on environmental sciences,
organizing environmental protection activities and promoting environmental
education. They are the new power in the fields of ecological environmental
protection and coping with climate change, and are to be part of the main force of
building ecological civilization.
To cope with climate change, university students firmly support the action to reduce
carbon emission taken by Chinese government and look forward to global
collaboration. Students learn and build up the consciousness of environmental
protection and strengthen their confidence, participant in researches and think of
creative ideas. At the same time, students could make the most of their majors to
tackle key problems in scientific projects according to the need of the country and
give scientific support to the sustainable development of social economy. An
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