IGN MAGAZINE
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL NETWORK
Volume 1 · Number 1 · 2026 · The Greener Architecture of Tomorrow's Leaders
In This Issue
The Bigger Picture & Beyond
The two field reports at the heart of this issue.
The Bigger Picture 
Main Feature
A Covenant at the Edge of the Amazon
A dispatch from where the rainforest meets the communities who live by it and work to defend it.
The Bigger Picture 
Main Feature
The Quiet Casualty
The environmental toll a conflict leaves behind, drawn from two United Nations assessments.
From the Network
Voices from the Network
Alumni, families, and delegates on what the floor changed.
By the Numbers
One network, measured
The alumni community behind every page of this issue.
31,000+
alumni worldwide
162
participant countries
62+
offline conferences
250+
alumni at QS Top 100 universities
170+
alumni at Forbes Top 1000 companies
First edition · print and electronic
Current Issue
In This Issue
Forty one pages across three feature reports and fifteen departments, written for the families who believed first and the delegates who will lead next.
Features
15
The Most Polluting World Cup?
A neutral look at how travel and an ever larger tournament drive the carbon cost of the world's favourite game.
26
A Covenant at the Edge of the Amazon
A dispatch from where the rainforest meets the communities who live by it and work to defend it.
34
The Quiet Casualty
The environmental toll a conflict leaves behind, drawn from two United Nations assessments.
Departments
3
President's Letter
A welcome to the issue from our President.
4
By the Numbers
The network at a glance, from alumni to host cities.
6
Alumni Spotlight · Fadhil Jayakusuma
On green finance and the road to Cornell.
9
Alumni Spotlight · Chanel Chandra
On a mechatronics future at the University of Melbourne.
12
Delegate's Voice
Ten alumni on the moment the floor changed them.
18
Project Highlight · Raisha Valezka
On poverty and coastal communities.
20
Parents Spotlight · Raisha Valezka
Her family on being the first to believe.
22
Project Highlight · Felisya Sutansyah
On affordable, clean energy.
24
Parents Spotlight · Felisya Sutansyah
Her family on standing beside her.
29
Figure Behind Environment · David Attenborough
A life with the living world.
31
News in Brief
Three developments shaping the climate year.
32
Discoveries
New findings from the natural world.
33
Nine Books for a Warming World
A reading list for the climate minded.
37
Person of the Month · Greta Thunberg
Voice of a generation.
39
Alumni Career Path
Where an IGN journey can lead.
40
More About Us
How to follow the network and stay part of the story.