A multi-awarded Filipino environment and climate change scientist has been inducted to the London-based Royal Society of Arts, also known as the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce.
His induction to the RSA brings him alongside historical luminaries such as Nobel Prize laureates Nelson Mandela and Marie Curie, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Benjamin Franklin, one of the United States’ founding fathers and signatory to the US Declaration of Independence.
“I pray that this service will amplify the spirit of peace and reconciliation. And I also hope that the atmosphere of positivity will create the power of compassion among nations,” he added.Founded in 1754 by English social reformist and inventor William Shipley, the RSA was granted a Royal Charter in 1847 and the right to use the term “royal” in its name by King Edward VII in 1908. Members of the RSA became known as “fellows” from 1914 onwards.