As the Katowice Climate Change Conference goes on, December 6th has been set as its "Young and Future Generation Day". Young voices are getting heard, and more young people are trying to be environmentally friendly. CGTN's Victor Ning has more.

JIANG YUQING, STUDENT BEIJING ZHONKE QIYUAN SCHOOL "It's very important for us to protect the environment even for students. Because if we protect the earth, animals will have more places to live. And we will have better environment, such as blue sky and clear water."

PAN JINGYAN, STUDENT BEIJING ZHONKE QIYUAN SCHOOL "At home, I will do garbage sorting be recyclable and non-recyclable, kitchen waste and battery. At school, we also classify garbage into kitchen waste and recyclable."

Over the past few years, the environmental impact of waste has grown hugely in importance as an issue for young people. The focus of young people's concerns mirrors the increasing importance given to tackling the use of plastics and waste.

Young people around the world are actively engaged in the effort to address climate change, leading and participating in a multitude of initiatives at different levels. Nowadays, more young Chinese continue to adopt both conventional and unconventional methods to contribute to environmental care and protection.

ZHOU JINFENG, SECRETARY-GENERAL CHINA BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND GREEN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION "Translating books and publishing DVDs, in the university level, high school level, the primary school level and even the kindergarten we have done a lot of jobs. From today's activities, we can see those children are fully aware of the situation, especially climate change and environmental protection and ecological civilization."

It is this generation that is responding to climate change, plastic pollution in our oceans and extreme weather events. It's absolutely crucial that younger voices are engaged in this discussion. We can draw hope, inspiration and confidence from the young Chinese. They are already shaping the future.