AQA panel at the World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum

18 April, 2018

Pictured left to right: Ms. Kristen Cruzata, Development and Communications Officer, AirQualityAsia, Hon. Mercy Chriesty Barends, MP, Indonesia, Hon. Charlotte Marchandise-Franquet, Deputy Mayor, Rennes, France, Ms. Shazia Z. Rafi, President and Convenor

AQA Panel at the World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum

Sustainable Cities are Breathable Cities
World Bank, MC 8-100, Washington, DC
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Speakers:

Ms. Shazia Rafi, President and Convenor, AirQualityAsia
Hon. Mercy Chriesty Barends, MP, Indonesia
Hon. Charlotte Marchandise-Franquet, Deputy Mayor, Rennes, France
Mr. Georges Bianco Darido, Global Lead Urban Mobility & Lead Transport Specialist, World Bank Group

Respondents:

Hon. Matthew J. Nolan, Treasurer, AirQualityAsia
Rafay Alam, Esq., Environmental Law Advisor, AQA
Dr. Altyn M. Aringazina, Head, Department of Population Health and Social Sciences,WHO Expert Advisory Panel

Hon. Mercy Chriesty Barends, MP, Indonesia, National Group Chair, AQA presented on the AirQualityAsia Panel on Sustainable Cities are Breathable Cities at World Bank CSPF. She reads a quote from Indonesian environmental activist Mama Yosepha.

Newangkawi Mountain is me
Wanagong Lake is my feet
The air is my soul and the sea is my backbone
The land on this mountain is my whole body
You have destroyed my virginity
You have eaten my body
Which part of my body that you’ve not eaten and destroy me yet
You bite me piece by piece
Ooh, you are still eating me, aren’t you?
Please. Respect my land and my body Mama Yosepha