Join us for the Climate Justice in Latin America Series, as we feature a talk by Dr. Monica Araya, entitled,
"Environment, Development and Elections in Latin America: ¿Can Citizens make a difference?"
Dr. Monica Araya, Founder and Executive Director of Costa Rica Limpia and former lead climate negotiator for Costa Rica will speak about the silence on environment and climate issues in recent elections in her country and in other parts of Latin America. She will discuss the pivotal role that citizen action plays in forcing politicians and the media to address environmental and climate issues as part of a broader agenda that challenges the notion of politics as usual.
Dr. Monica Araya is a Costa Rican independent adviser on low-emissions development, climate finance, and the politics of climate change. She is a coordinator of the Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean and a member of the Steering Committee of the UNEP Gap Emissions Report. Until June 2013, she was a lead negotiator for Costa Rica in the UNFCCC. She worked at E3G from 2009-2011 and has worked as external associate on climate finance and climate diplomacy projects.