Ezra OSORIO

Ezra recently joined IGES as a Policy Researcher under the Adaptation and Water Unit in February 2025. He has more than five years of experience in water and solid waste management projects. Over this period, he has been involved in more than 35 projects, collaborating with public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations. He is also a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellow.

He has worked with previous IGES projects, including PoDIWM-2: Strengthening Capacity Development for Local Governments in ASEAN to Tackle Microplastics and Water Pollution through Decentralized Wastewater Management Approach, Collaborative Research on Riverine Microplastics Pollution in ASEAN Countries - A Case Study in the Philippines, Training Needs Assessment in Microplastic Research in the Philippines, and Impact Analysis and Policy Recommendations of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Food and Plastic Waste in the Philippines.

Other notable projects he has worked on and contributed to prior to joining IGES include:
• Promoting Action on Plastic Pollution from Source to Sea in Asia and the Pacific (Subproject 2) - Prioritizing and Implementing Actions to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution (TA 6669) of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Reducing Marine Plastics in the East Asian Seas Region (Philippines and Timor-Leste) of Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) 
• EPR and Human Rights-Based Approaches for the Informal Waste and Recycling Sector in Six Countries in the Asia-Pacific Region (P00000827) of UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Sustainable Inclusive Resilient Tourism (SIRT) Project (P171556) of The World Bank (WB)
• Pasig-Marikina River Basin Flood Management Project (P171897) of The World Bank (WB)
• Clean Ports, Clean Oceans: Improving Port Waste Management in the Philippines of Grieg Foundation and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 
• Plastic Smart Cities in the Philippines - Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Donsol, IGACOS, Manila, and San Isidro of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)