Master's in National Security, National Defense College of the Philippines. Three-term senator. Chair: Senate committees on Environment and Natural Resources, Climate Change, and Cultural Communities. Vice-Chair: Finance, Education, National Defence and Security, Justice and Human Rights. Founder, Luntiang Pilipinas, an urban greening movement. Author of landmark laws on environmental protection, disaster risk management, climate change adaptation. Awards: Global Leader for Tomorrow, World Economic Forum (2000); Global 500 Roll of Honor, UN Environment Programme; Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia-Pacific, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.