Ling is passionate about the need to facilitate in cities a profound
connection to nature and community as the foundation to wellbeing and
socio-environmental solidarity. As a Climate Reality Leader, she is
dedicated to empowering others to step up and lead on sustainability. She
speaks on environmental stewardship and leads mindful forest retreats,
and has hosted a documentary on ecology as a development strategy. She
has been involved in development policy and action at every level, as a
negotiator at the United Nations, as an urban planner, community leader
and startup advisor. She is familiar with issues and opportunities of
livability, resilience and sustainability in high-density cities and regions,
through her work at the think-tank Centre for Liveable Cities, the
Metropolitan Compact Task Force and as a Citizen Advisory Committee
member to the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. She is also
the former curator of the World Cities Summit and Mayors Forum.
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