Thai-American Celebrity Accepts US EPA Montreal Protocol Award

Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand

Text Box: L to R: Dr. Young-Woo Park, UNEP’s Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the Pacific; Tata Young; Ms. Judith B. Cefkin, U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Thailand.

Bangkok, 6 October 2010 - Thai-American recording artist, model, and actress, Tata Young, accepted a prestigious Montreal Protocol award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok on Monday. Since 2008, Ms. Young has been collaborating with UNEP’s OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific to raise public awareness about ozone layer protection among millions of people in the region.

Ms. Young was featured in a “My Ozone Wish” public service announcement, featuring a variety of well-known individuals from countries across Asia and the Pacific region. She assisted UNEP in launching the Ozzy Ozone cartoon booklet, Ozzy Goes Island Hopping,raising awareness among children about ozone layer protection and climate change.

Ms. Young collaborated with the CAP team and the European Commission to perform at Text Box: Dr. Young-Woo Parkthe EU Green Days: What on Earth Concert in Bangkok in October of 2009.

She sang songs and encouraged people to use ozone-friendly products. While promoting her latest album, Ms. Young has placed on the CD cover a sticker designed by the UNEP CAP team. The sticker says, “Protect Yourself, Protect the Ozone Layer.”She also agreed to build a long-term collaboration with the CAP on ozone protection and climate change.

Text Box: Tata Young

 

For more information on Tata Young and the FCCT event, see:

"Thin Skin up in the Sky"

by Nirmal Ghosh, The Straits Times