YEA 4th Edition: Closing Ceremony

We are thrilled to share that the 4th Hong Kong 2050 is Now Young Environment Ambassador (YEA) Programme Closing Ceremony and Project Showcase was successfully held on 15 November 2025 at Hong Kong Maritime Museum. This year's programme exceeded expectations with active participation from students representing 20 schools. These young individuals have undergone a transformative journey, emerging as knowledgeable "Issue Experts" in the vital domains of climate change and sustainability.

Throughout the summer, they attended a series of intensive workshops and field trips, which covered a range of climate and environment topics. They also developed a leadership skillset encompassing design thinking, project management, and public speaking. Moreover, the students had the unique opportunity to interact with 32 industry experts who shared their insights on sustainability and career paths. Starting from September, participants also launched their own sustainable projects, focusing on various topics.

The event began with a vibrant 40-minute showcase, where student groups set up booths to present their project concepts, implementation processes, and outcomes to the guests. Our judges, including Prof Wong Kam Sing, former Secretary for Environment, Mr Desmond Chan and Ms Loren Yung from ExxonMobil Hong Kong, Dr Connie Ng from Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Hong Kong singer Luna is a Bep and our Programme Lead Kitty Tam, engaged with the students and shared their insights on individual projects.

Six student groups then took the stage to present their project done in the past 3 months, sharing their experience from participant recruitment to the challenges they encountered along the way. Their projects covered a wide range of sustainability topics, including an inter-school second-hand clothing swap event, promotion of natural detergents with community workshop, school tour on in-school green practices, Sustainable fashion seminars with NGO and in-school second-hand clothes resale, community barter booth, and Attempt to install of bee hotels on campus.

Following the judges’ scoring, three winning teams were selected. Carbon Chic, which organised second-hand clothing and uniform resale activities along with a sustainable fashion seminar, won the ExxonMobil High Potential Award. YEA Innovation Award was won by Carbon Trust, which held barter booth at school and at local community. Lastly, Revival Pop-up market, which organised an inter-school second-hand clothing swap event, won the YEA Sustainable Leadership Award.

This year, we also introduced a new individual award, the YEA Outstanding Ambassador Award, to recognise students who demonstrated exceptional performance throughout trainings, assessments, and their project work. The Second Runner-up went to Clova, the First Runner-up went to Andrew, and the Champion is Will.

All YEAs received certificates of completion, we are proud to see their growth, not only in climate-related knowledge but also in event planning, creativity, leadership, and interpersonal skills. We look forward to continuing this learning journey together through upcoming YEA Alumni activities, fostering continued growth and impact.

Once again, we thank all our partners, judges, human library guests, and mentors for making this year’s programme impactful and inspiring. Let’s keep empowering youth to drive sustainable change.