It is a matter of great pride for India that Hyderabad bagged the World City Green Award this year at the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) forum, beating cities like Paris, Bogota, Mexico City, Montreal, and Fortaleza in Brazil. The city also earned the "Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth" award at the International Association of Horticulture Producers conference (AIPH 2022) in Jeju, South Korea. 
Tim Briercliffe, Secretary General of AIPH, stated that Hyderabad is a world leader in nature-oriented approaches to city design, form, and function. He added that the innovation, ambition, and inspiring action demonstrated in the city’s entry leaves a powerful legacy for other cities from around the world to aspire to.
Other cities that won AIPH honors in various categories are listed below:

Living Green for Biodiversity: Reverdecer Bogotá, Bogota D.C, Colombia
Living Green for Climate Change: Mexico City’s Environmental and Climate Change Program, Mexico City, Mexico
Living Green for Health and Wellbeing: Transforming degraded land into Urban Micro Parks, City of Fortaleza, Brazil
Living Green for Water: The Phytotechnology Stations at the Montréal Botanical Garden / Space for Life, City of Montreal, Canada
Living Green for Social Cohesion: OASIS Schoolyard Project, City of Paris, France
Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth: Green Garland to the State of Telangana, City of Hyderabad
Expressing his happiness over the city bagging this prestigious award, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that these international awards are proof that the state government is strongly implementing the Haritaharam and urban development programs thus giving green fruits to the country.