Global Climate Academy U20+ Evergreen Challenge
Rewrite the future with action.
The Evergreen Action is a youth climate-action organization founded with the Global Climate Academy. We help young people aged 10–20 make the leap from awareness to real action.
Demo Day, 18 April 2026, HKUST Shanghai Center
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01Mission
What the climate fight really needs is more than just people calling for change. It needs doers who can deliver real solutions.
Awareness
Expert workshops.
Action
Teams build a real project.
Impact
Judged, then shown in public.
02Season 2026
Season 1 by the numbers
As of April 2026
- young participants
- 86
- mentors
- 50+
- schools
- 16
- online workshops
- 9
- teams
- 20
- views
- 733K
CNR is the only outlet that has published these figures. That report has 733,000 views.See the coverage
03Season 2026
From the annual meeting to London
11 December 2025
Evergreen officially launched.
March–April 2026 · Online
Three Saturday afternoons.
18–19 April 2026
Poster fair. Pitches and defense. Panel discussions. Awards.
20–28 June 2026
William Zhou represented The Evergreen Action with the Shanghai Climate Week delegation. Alliances and expert interviews will be published when they are ready.
- AlliancesPending
- Expert interviewsPending
04People
Guided by leaders in climate, education and enterprise
William Zhou founded The Evergreen Action. The Evergreen Challenge is co-chaired by Changhua Wu and Lan Shi, with expert mentors and school leaders from across China and around the world.
Changhua Wu吴昌华
Co-chair, Sustainability Breakthroughs U20+ Initiative
William Zhou
Founder & Executive Director
Shanghai, China · Shanghai YK Pao School
Lan Shi石岚
Co-chair, Sustainability Breakthroughs U20+ Initiative
Co-chairs & Board
- Wei Rao
Executive Secretary-General, UNITAR Prosperity Alliance Shanghai; Deputy Secretary-General, Shanghai Climate Week
- Beverly Bao
Chairman & CEO, 仁人科技
- Amy Du
Board Member, Western Returned Scholars Foundation; Co-founder, 拔尖人才基金
- Lori Li
Writer; former environmental journalist
- Rob Zhuang
Entrepreneur; angel investor; founder of Imagine Surfing; sailor
- Fiona Mu
PhD (Archaeology) · fitness enthusiast
Founding Team
- Winnie Wang
Founding member, USA Lead
- Julia Linlin Wu
Founding member, UK Lead
- Lo Chon Ian
Founding member, Hong Kong Lead
- Grace Zhuang
Founding member
- Shawn Cao
Founding Member, Shanghai YK Pao School
05Challenge tracks
Five tracks, aligned with the core questions of sustainable development
Green Energy
Renewable energy, energy-storage integration and energy management for campuses and communities.
Healthy Cities
Green building design, low-carbon mobility and the urban circular economy.
Water Resources
Integrated water management, non-conventional water use and responses to extreme hydrological events.
Clean Air
Air-quality monitoring networks, pollution control and data visualization.
Ecological Protection
Biodiversity, restoration of damaged ecosystems and nature-based solutions.
Season 2
Be the first to hear when Season 2 opens.
Registration is not open yet. It opens in December 2026.