
Monica´s LinkedIn Profile is here.
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I am Executive Director, International, at the European Climate Foundation since March 2024.
Member of Steering Committees & Advisory Boards
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Drive Electric Campaign - Steering Committee (climate foundations)
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Association for Electric Mobility in Costa Rica (Vice President of the Governing Board, Co-founder)
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2050 Pathways Platform (European Climate Foundation)
Previous
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Meliore Foundation - Governing Board's Chair
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Advisory Board on Electric Mobility - Government of Chile
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ZEV Declaration - Steering Committee (with ICCT, UK gov, Climate Champions)
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Global Future Council on Urban Mobility Transitions (WEF)
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Global Partnership for Informal Transportation (New Cities)
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Center on Climate & Resilience Research (Universidad de Chile and other universities)
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Long-Term Development Strategies Initiative - hosted by WRI & UNDP
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Government of Chile - International Advisory Group for COP25
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Government of Costa Rica - Decarbonisation Plan to 2050
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Steering Committee - UNEP Emissions Gap Report
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Advisory Expert Group - Climate Vulnerability Forum
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Steering Committee co-chair - Low-Emissions Development Strategies for Latin Am & the Caribbean
Leadership
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15 Electric Women of 2022 (TUMI, German government)
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BBC 100 Women (Dec 2021)
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“Influential Women in Mobility 2021” (Vulog)
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“Crusader of the Year 2019” (CRUSA Foundation)
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"Big Thinker" (National Geographic interviewed her for the series "Mars", 2018)
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"Guest Editor on Women's Day 2018" (La República)
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"Inaugural Lecturer 2017" (School of Economics, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica)
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Mentor at “Next Visionaries 2017” (TED & BMW initiative)
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"Mujeres Desafiantes 2017" (Estrategia & Negocios magazine)
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“Personality of the Future” (2014) (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Monica was the first Latin American to join the all-female expedition to Antarctica,
organised by Homeward Bound, a global leadership initiative for women.
Co-founder
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Monica has incubated and/or co-created several climate & mobility initiatives
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Nivela - Global south thought-leadership initiative in the run up to COP21
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Costa Rica Limpia - Citizen group to advocate for a National Decarbonization Plan
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Electric Mobility Association of Costa Rica
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RouteZero - Platform hosted by the Climate Group & Climate Champions
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LEDS-LAC - a regional collaborative platform for Latin America & the Caribbean
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Monica has also created the podcast in Spanish "Ponerse Las Pilas" to share stories in Spanish about the transition to a climate and sustainable economy - including stories about mobility, consumer habits, arts, science. It is co-hosted with Dr. Marga Gual and Dr. Marcelo Mena
Public speaking
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She has published numerous articles and book chapters in global and local newspapers
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Visit the "Writing" section.
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She is an experienced keynote speaker
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Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, US Green Buildings Council, WEF, and The Climate Group, WRI, Nordic EV Summit, Zero Conference (Norway), TED.
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Her interviews have been featured in podcasts and online magazines.
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See Interviews section.
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Podcasts: The Economist, Foreign Policy, TED en Español, Schneider's innovation podcast, Fully-Charged, rEVolution podcast, Monocle, and many others in Spanish.
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Interviews: Project Syndicate, National Geographic, Yale Environment 360, El Pais, Al-Jazeera, BBC Radio, CNN en Español, and others.
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Monica has shared her ideas in three TED Talks
that have over 5 million views.
Academic degrees
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National University of Costa Rica - Economic policy
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Bachelor’s Degree in Economics -School of Economics
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Master's Degree in Economic Policy (M.Sc.) - Center for International Economic Policy
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Yale University - Environmental management & policy
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Master’s Degree (M.E.M.), Yale Environment School
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Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.), Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
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Monica's Ph.D dissertation (2006) focused on corporate environmental disclosure
Research
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Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
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E3G
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Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
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World Resources Institute (WRI),
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United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
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Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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C40
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International Investment Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Other
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Monica trained with Al Gore in Sevilla, Spain in 2008.
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From 2012 onwards she has taken courses in creative writing including The Guardian & University of East Anglia Program, Oxford University's Summer School, and Amsterdam Writing Workshops.