临近岁末年初，亚洲环保创新论坛(AEIF)发起人Michael Norton向青年人发出了新年寄语：
“世界上有很多很多的问题，特别是当战争在很多地方肆虐的时候，科技被用于杀戮和破坏。这是在人类面临气候变化的生存威胁的时候发生的。正是我们这些上了年纪的人和我们在19世纪和20世纪的祖先向大气中排放了如此多的二氧化碳，以至于气候正在加速变暖。我们可以看到我们周围的影响。洪水、台风、森林火灾、热浪等等，除非我们采取措施，否则未来几年只会变得更糟。
但正是你们年轻人需要采取行动，这样我们的星球才能继续为你们和世界上不断增长的人口提供一个环境。适合你和你的后代居住。这意味着理解问题的严重性，并利用你们的创造力和精力来减少我们的排放，为我们的国家和地球的利益找到解决方案。我们越是拖延，问题就会变得越严重。
正如我过去常对我的孩子们说的，我现在也对世界上所有的年轻人说:“做吧”，“现在就做吧”。”
The world has many many problems, Especially when there are wars raging in many places, where technology is being used for killing and destruction. This is happening at a time when humans are facing the existential threat of climate change. It is us older people and our ancestors in the 19th and 20th centuries who have emitted so much CO2 into the atmosphere that the climate is warming at an accelerating rate. We can see the effects all around us. Floods, typhoons, forest fires, heatwaves and more, which will only get worse over the coming years, unless we do something.
But it is you younger people who need to take action so that our planet can continue to provide you and the world’s growing population with an environment. That is habitable for you and future generations. This means understanding the seriousness of the issue, and using your creativity and your energy to reduce our emissions and find solutions for our country’s benefit and for the planet. And the more we delay, the worse the problem will get.
As I used to say to my children, and I now say to all young people in the world: “Do it” and “Do it Now”.
