President, Earth Institute Asia, Inc.
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Tireless alumna helps advance susTainable developmenT in asia-pacific region Sustainable development and growth is a global issue but in her actions and her advocacy Corazon PB. Claudio (MS 1982, PhD 1987 EES) emphasizes that it starts from an individual mindset. Her work, in partnership with others, has initiated the establishment of sustainable communities for indigenous peoples in the Philippines and is now influencing the way millions of Filipinos and others in the region think about development.
An engineer, economist and environmentalist, Claudio has served as senior adviser for the Association of South East Asian Nations Environmental Improvement Program, as Asian reviewer for the World Bank’s first review of its global environmental performance, and as director for a component of the Research on Innovative and Strategic Policy Options of the Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation Strategy Project, which develops strategic policy options for the sustainable development of the region. In the Philippines, she has been officer or consultant of various public and private organizations.
Currently she heads the EARTH Institute Asia, Inc. and advises or serves in the board of several organizations, some of which she formed, including the Philippine Environmental Industry Association.