Filipina Expert Completes Prestigious International Climate Protection Fellowship in Germany
Filipina Climate Expert Tieza Santos delivers the remarks on behalf of the other Fellows and receives her certificate of completion. (Berlin PE photo)
BERLIN 04 February 2020 — One of the 19 International Climate Protection Fellows of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation who successfully completed the one year fellowship in Germany was Filipina Climate Expert Tieza Santos.
Ms. Santos had the privilege to deliver the remarks on behalf of the 18 other fellows at the Ceremonial awarding of certificates at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety on 30 January 2020.
In her remarks, Tieza Santos spoke about the Fellows’ common appreciation for being given an opportunity to engage with experts and colleagues in the fast-developing area of Climate studies. She noted that hopefully the collaboration, friendships made, and knowledge exchanged would contribute to tackling the climate-related challenges confronting the world.
Tieza Santos spent a year working on Sustainable Cities research and modeling as a Research Fellow on Climate Change and Sustainability at the Fraunhofer ISI in Karlsruhe, Germany. She previously worked as Sustainable Finance Director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines and has also had stints as Project Consultant for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). She is a former Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. She has a Master of Arts degree with a specialization in Climate Science from the Central European University in Hungary and a Bachelor’s degree from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Joining Tieza Santos at the ceremony was Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega and Ms. Santo’s spouse IT expert Mr. John Paul Villarosa. END
International Fellows during the ceremonial awarding of certificates. (Berlin PE photo)
From left: Philippine Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega, Dr. Bernd-Markus Liss of German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Filipina Climate Expert Tieza Santos and her spouse Joseph Paul Villarosa. (Berlin PE photo)
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