Summary(0:31) Born in Fozhou in Fujian province in China -- (0:37) A province surrounded by mountains, rivers and sea, sensitive to climate change -- (1:15) Climate change a global concern affecting everyone, and a important topic for his career as policy researcher -- (2:35) A serious threat with increasing natural disasters and rising sea levels -- (3:23) Importance for both small and large businesses working together to prevent climate change -- (4:41) Effects to home province -- (5:17) Sea levels rising affecting tide -- (6:05) Not safe for tourism anymore -- (6:47) The increasing frequency of typhoons leading to longer periods with storm and rain -- (8:50) Inconsistent flood size and sustainable mountain development -- (11:06) Climate affecting mountain ranges in the province and their streams flowing to the sea and rivers -- (12:27) The importance for local, regional, and global collaboration -- (14:14) The 2030 agenda -- (14:55) Being a researcher in New York attending ECOSOC conference -- (15:40) US and China diplomacy policies and the need for them to focus in climate change -- (16:54) Importance of ending trade war between China and USA and need for collaboration -- (17:27) How other cities should learn from New York city declaration about 2030 Sustainability Goals -- (19:08) Wanting to hold lectures about these issues -- (19:37) 2015 Xi Jinping visit to the United States -- (20:12) Xi Jinping’s statement on United Nation World Conference on 2030 agenda -- (20:33) Getting documents about this from the National archive -- (22:01) Establishing a non-profit organizations on financing 2030 agenda and a U.S.-China research association on local sustainability -- (24:09) Needing more partners and state holder -- (24:42) Excited to attend ECOSOC conference and DESA, and importance of making voice heard -- (27:50) The importance of being global citizens -- (29:33) Cultural and language differences between China and U.S. -- (30:28) Lin Zexu and his global vision -- (31:17) Karl Marx criticism of Qing dynasty and China being closed -- (34:39) Wanting to get in contact with World Vision and other organizations.
NoteAudio interview conducted on October 26, 2018, by Genesis Baez at the Central library. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
SubjectEnvironmental policy ; Green technology ; Sustainable development ; Sustainability ; Global environmental justice ; Mountains ; Dossier UNCED ; United Nations ; Climate change ; Ecosystems ; Natural disasters ; Tourism ; United Nations. Economic and Social Council ; De Blasio, Bill, 1961- ; Obama, Barack 1961- ; Xi, Jinping ; Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 ; Lin, Zexu, 1785-1850 ; World Vision International ; Typhoons ; Diplomacy ; Nonprofit organizations ; Fujian Sheng (China) ; China
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TitleOral interview conducted with Rongming Wu on 2018 October 26.