🌏 UN Youth Climate Ambassador

Edward Huang

Member of UNFCCC YOUNGO, International Ambassador for LCOY Taiwan, and a UCLA graduate. Through My Culture Connect, Edward opens real international stages for Taiwan's students — UN climate summits, SDGs teaching, and cross-border project-based learning. As founder of Youth Network, he secured Taiwan's official right to host LCOY Taiwan 2026.

🇺🇳 UNFCCC YOUNGO 🌐 LCOY Taiwan Ambassador 🎓 UCLA Master 🤝 UNESCO Greening Education

📍 COY19 · Baku, Azerbaijan (2024) — the official UNFCCC pre-COP youth summit

📅 Spoke at National Taichung University of Science and Technology's sustainability forum (2026/7/2), alongside three other national universities · LCOY Taiwan's 2026 hosting status has been formally acknowledged by Taiwan's Presidential Office · open to summer-camp / English-teaching support July 27 – Aug 18.

About Edward

From California to the UN, from Taiwan to the global youth stage

Biography

Edward Huang is based in Irvine, California, holding a Master's degree from UCLA. He is a member of YOUNGO, the official Children and Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC, and has been actively engaged in youth climate action since 2023, taking part in the Global Conference of Youth (COY) and related initiatives.

As International Ambassador for LCOY Taiwan and a youth coach, he guides students in connecting their own interests with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — amplifying the voices of youth and children, and raising Taiwan's visibility and impact in global climate action.

Explore

Four ways to work with Edward

From the UN-recognized youth forum to a K-16 school framework, corporate ESG, and how to get in touch.

🌍 LCOY Taiwan

What is LCOY Taiwan?

The UN-recognized youth climate forum — why it matters, and why Taiwan's young people should take part.

Learn more → 🪜 School Program

A program for ages 6 to 22

A K-16 sustainability & English framework schools can plug into the curriculum they already run.

See the K-16 ladder → 🏢 For Companies · ESG

ESG & green careers

Connecting companies' sustainability goals with youth talent, green jobs, and the UN climate stage.

For ESG partners → 🤝 Youth Network

Get in touch

Who should reach out — universities, schools, sustainability offices — and how to arrange a meeting.

Contact Youth Network →

UN Climate Vocabulary

Read the acronyms, understand the stage

The UN-system acronyms that come up most in Edward's work.

UNFCCC

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

The UN's core climate treaty body

YOUNGO

Official Youth Constituency of the UNFCCC

The UN climate body's official youth voice

COP

Conference of the Parties

The annual UN climate summit

COY

Conference of Youth

The official youth summit just before COP

LCOY

Local Conference of Youth

A national youth climate forum feeding into COY

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

The UN's 17 global goals to 2030

Let's make the world a better place

The real stages Edward has led youth onto

From Irvine to Baku, Belém and Okinawa — and from Taiwan's rural classrooms to the UN floor.

2026 NUTC sustainability forum, four national universities — FLAGSHIP
2026 NUTC Sustainability Forum · four national universities, Taichung

2024 LCOY Taiwan launch ceremony — FLAGSHIP
2024 LCOY Taiwan · launch ceremony, Taiwan

COP30 Belém, Brazil — UN · COP30
2025 COP30 · Belém, Brazil

COY19 Baku, Azerbaijan — UN · COY19
2024 Conference of Youth · Baku, Azerbaijan

ICITY conference, California — USA
2025 ICITY · California, USA

KangLang Elementary volunteer teaching — TAIWAN
2025 KangLang Elementary · English volunteering

2023 LCOY West USA, California — USA
2023 LCOY West USA · California

Press Coverage

Covered by major media

UN youth climate summits, Taiwan–US youth exchange, and rural bilingual education.

2026

Youth Network wins the right to host LCOY Taiwan 2026

Edward's Youth Network was officially authorized by YOUNGO to host LCOY Taiwan 2026 — passing at the highest honour without interview. Only 113 countries hold this status.

Economic Daily ↗ PChome ↗

2025

Two young Taiwanese-Americans bring two weeks of English volunteering to KangLang Elementary

Taiwan Life News ↗

2024

Taiwan first invited to the UN youth climate summit — UCLA student carries youth climate declaration to the world

ESG Sustainable Taiwan ↗

Open an international stage for your students

For LCOY Taiwan, SDGs project courses or cross-border PBL, reach out to Edward and Youth Network directly.

Email: youthnetworkteam12@gmail.com
In Taiwan: Through mid-Aug 2026 · open Jul 27 – Aug 18
Taiwan: 0919-477-212
USA: +1 (949) 375-3605

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