A United Nations Young Champion of the Earth, Miao Wang prefers to be underwater or in the sky.
Why you should listen
Miao Wang is a United Nations Young Champion of the Earth and a full-time marine conservationist with many other identities, including but not limited to diving instructor, polar guide, sommelier and paraglider pilot. In 2015, she began diving and has been addicted to it ever since. She has logged many hours wandering around underwater while attracted by the beauty of the planet and witnessing the vulnerability of its giant ecosystem. She founded Better Blue, an organization focused on the empowerment of diving communities, so more divers can become activists of marine protection. Her vision is to enable more people to learn how to scientifically interact with the ocean in order to help bring it back health. She holds a masters degree in international development.
Miao Wang’s TED Talk
Nigel Topping, Alok Sharma, Miao Wang, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Chris Hemsworth
The race to net-zero emissions by 2050 is on. Can we count you in?
6 minutes 23 secondsIn this rousing call to action, three participants of the Race To Zero -- a global campaign for cities, businesses, investors and individuals to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 -- discuss how we can move forward with speed and urgency to create a more fair, healthy and sustainable world. Watch as Miao Wang, United Nations Young Champion of the Earth; Alok Sharma, president of COP26; and Nigel Topping, UK High Level Climate Action Champion, COP26, show how people across the world are stepping up their climate ambition. Can we count you in? (With introductions from Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Chris Hemsworth)Posted Oct 2020
