MYCJN

Ron

Chironjit Das (Ron), 23, was hired by YOUNGO to maintain its official website YouthClimate.org prior to COP15. He considers himself an environmentalist but is pragmatic about the scenario and its solutions. He will share with you why he thinks you should go to COP, and what to expect there as youth.

Ron is also a business analyst with Tesco, and currently pursuing his professional qualification in management accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA), UK.

UN climate chief Yvo de Boer & Jin Yun @ COP15

Soo Jin Yun, 17, started lecturing her friends about global issues when she was still in primary school. She was one of the 50 global south youths selected to receive funding from the Dutch government to attend COP15, however, the scholarship was retracted later because she was under 18. Despite that, she was accredited by TakingItGlobal and managed to find her way to Copenhagen. She described her COP15 experience as an inspiring one that strengthens her resolve to fight for climate justice.

Jin Yun is also a country coordinator for British Council’s Debatewise COP15 Global Youth Panel.

Adrian @ COY5. Photo credit: Yong Ping (ECO Singapore)

Adrian Yeo, 27, is the co-founder of MYCJN. In the lead up to COP15, he was hired as the UNFCCC Youth Constituency’s (YOUNGO) first official staff in Copenhagen. As a logistic coordinator, he helped planned and organised the fifth Conference of Youth (COY5), as well as provide logistical support for the constituency and its initiatives/projects throughout COP15.

A business graduate, Adrian was with Citigroup before moving on to the furniture industry. He is also a former president of youth development NGO Raleigh KL.

Pei Ling in action @ COP15. Photo credit: Yong Ping

Gan Pei Ling, 23, is a final year Journalism student from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). Apart from messing around and cooking (well, eating out is expensive in Copenhagen), her main role at COP15 was to report back to Malaysia about the happenings via MYCJN’s blog.

She started out as a women’s rights activist and was attracted to join the climate movement after attending MYCJN’s Environmental Sustainability Leadership Symposium last August. You can also find her writings on climate change at The Nut Graph.

Abe Woo, 24, is 350.org’s East Asia Field Coordinator. 350.org created a movement that arguably made 350 one of the most famous numbers in the 21st century. The entire team met face-to-face for the first time at COP15 after working together for two years; you can expect more great stuffs from them in 2010 and beyond.

A graduate student from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Abe studies sea cucumber and fancies diving and fencing.

*Abe cannot make it to the COP15 sharing session (he is up to a diving mission in Langkawi) but he will be producing a video from Penang and we will share it with you on 24 Jan!