祖国同胞好! and Hello World!

Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by Fontane Lau in China

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各位关注气候问题的朋友，大家好。终于有机会跟大家互动了。我是刘毅芸，今年廿四岁，是在中国香港土生土长的女生。我本科是选修工商管理学，在毕业大槪一年后，选择往澳洲继续升学，选修的硕士课程是跟关于企业在环保跟可持续发展方面的管理。大家可能会想知道是什么驱使我由商业挂帅、变成想为环境多做一点事情。那是因为在2006年夏天我为世界自然基金会工作，以实习生的身份去协助公关传讯单位。在实习期间，我得到很多机会去了解环保团体的难处，更了解到我们这个世界确实需要更多的改变，是一个跨领域的改变 – 国际、国家、地方政府，以致于机构及个人层面，都需要有更强的决心去挽救地球面对的困局。

这次有机会参与 Adopt a Negotiator 的项目，是想借着不同渠道去告诉香港以及中国大陆的朋友们，我们需要一个公平、可行甚或有野心的目标，各国连手去解决这个历史遗留下来的气候变化问题。我在念硕士课程时，有一位澳洲同学分享时讲了一番启发的话，他说其实中国在账面来说确实是排放很多温室气体，但我国并不会独自承担如此恶名，因为他认为中国是世界的后工厂，我们那么大的生产量造成污染，要是没有其他发达国家的需求，大槪不会有这样的光景。我才恍然大悟 (但愿不会为时未晚)，彷佛突然有一种使命感，想要其他大众都可以多吸收这种宏观的观点，用更公平的目光去看中国的发展进程。

所以，我加入这个团队的目的，并不像一般媒体那样监察中国代表团的表现，我是抱着一个把气候变化的问题，用一个简单易明的角度，加入有趣信息，让中国大陆跟香港的朋友对气候问题多感关注。当然，我也对中国代表团的动向感兴趣，也希望借着理性的讨论，给中国代表团一些讯号，就是有很多群众都关注会影响到我们生活的决策，表达一种共创理想居住环境的心愿。

Chinese delegates, hope to meet you all up real soon. See ya there!

Yay,

It’s Fontane joining the Adopt a Negotiator team. I’m going to represent the general public in China, to observe and report on the progress going to be made by the Chinese delegates. I came from Hong Kong, and I’ve spent some time at Holland for exchange study, the Philippines for volunteering – rebuilding home for disaster victims, Australia for my Masters. The more I stay away from the motherland, the more I want to take part in helping China to develop in a sustainable way.

Graduated with a business degree, I’m now undertaking a master of corporate environmental and sustainability management in Australia. What motivated me to have a switch the field from business to a “green” postgraduate degree could be traced back to what happened in 2006. I joined WWF Hong Kong office as a communication intern, through participating in various press events in the wild or with the experts, there I came to realize that there is no shortcut to creating a better planet – for all the living creatures, and the generations coming after us. Certainly, corporations as the major players in any society would have their roles and social responsibilities to protect this planet.

Being one of the trackers of the Adopt a Negotiator team, my objective is to channel out the message to people in China and Hong Kong that we need a fair, practical or even ambitious goal to combat climate change. We need all nations to clear up this mess inherit long long time ago.

My fellow classmate inspired me with his observation, a fair observation from the foreigner’s perspective – China’s not the sole one responsible for the climate change problems, he didn’t want to see China to become the scapegoat for the fault jointly contributed by the world that relies heavily on China’s manufacturing products. From that moment on, it became my mission to provide more information, perspectives and analysis with depth, with fun, and more importantly, fair comments to the progress exhibited and committed by the Chinese government.

Together we can, create a better place in China and a better world,  if only we care.

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