Karry Wang gives Eric Solheim a Suzhou embroidery tiger as a gift, which Solheim says he will put on the wall of UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn/Yan Dongjie)
Karry wang gives a speech after being desginated UNEP Goodwill Ambassador in Beijing on Wednesday. [Photo by Yan Dongjie/chinadaily.com.cn]
"Youth are no longer merely onlookers when it comes to environmental action, nor should they be. I will spare no effort to do everything I can to take care of our earth, and I invite everyone to join me in generating a wave of positive action," he added.
The 18-year old performer has amassed more than 40 million followers on Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like platform. Both in China and the rest of Southeast Asia, Wang has been one of key voices in the online conversation on the environment.
