After a brief explanation of the KWN from MC Sascha, all the online participants from the six countries smiled and greeted everyone with “Hello!” “Good Evening!” “Good Morning!” This was followed by opening remarks from the organizers.

Each participating country introduced itself for the icebreakers at the 2021 Summit. But this year, the icebreakers consisted of each country researching one of the other participating countries (decided in advance) and introducing the other country with a slideshow. By researching and introducing another country, students became familiar with the other country and further deepened their interest in it.

Each country presented their SDGs action plan for 2023.

The Brazilian students presented the importance of responsible consumption through recycling and reuse. The Indonesian students chose the theme of “blue skies, green Earth” and with a short video announced they will act to conserve energy and water and dispose of garbage in designated locations.

The Japanese students’ presentation covered the importance of recycling and reusing clothing, given the huge amounts of clothing that are currently just thrown away, and the importance of taking good care of things to both reduce waste and cut CO₂ emissions. The Japanese students pledged to communicate the significance of these actions to more people and to conserve energy in all kinds of situations.

Honey , the student representative from the United Arab Emirates, presented the awareness-raising activities under the United Arab Emirates’ Energy Strategy 2050, which includes the world’s largest solar power generation plant. The students from the United States announced the formation of a volunteer group to tackle pollution and to raise awareness among many people of the negative effects of pollution through their own videos as well as to raise awareness of sustainable water use. The Vietnamese students announced that they would try to act outside of traditional gender roles and place value on actions that support physical and mental health.

After each well-considered presentation, students from the other countries commented on the presentation and shared various SDGs action plans.

The award presentations began against a gorgeous theater backdrop. Three awards were presented at the Summit.

The first award presented, the Panasonic Award, was selected by votes collected from Panasonic employees. This was the first time the award was presented. The winner was the “THE EARTH IS GETTING HOTTER”, Indonesia’s video entry in Primary category.

The next award presentation was the KWN Fans Award, selected based on online votes by people from around the world. The Primary category winner was Vietnam’s “Wish dad stop smoking” and the Secondary category winner was Vietnam’s “Déjà Vu”.

The winners received a trophy and a LUMIX mirrorless SLR camera as a supplementary prize. All the winners were surprised and delighted to receive the awards.

The atmosphere was friendly and harmonious as MC Sascha asked the participants questions such as, “Which video production did you like?” and “What are your impressions of participating in the Summit?” To close the Summit, Kevin from Vietnam gave a message as the representative of all six countries.

In his closing message, Kevin said: “Through watching the videos from the other participating countries and having discussions, I realized that we all have the same dreams. Let’s work together to achieve the SDGs through small daily actions.” With this call to action, the KWN Global Summit 2022 came to a successful conclusion.