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Monica has a writing record of more than 100 articles since 1998 in English and Spanish including op-eds, research papers and policy

reports. Some of them have been translated into other languages in Asia. 

  • "Critical minerals require a critically different approach" Euroactive. With J. Pershing (2023)

  • “A greener economy: pioneering cooperation between Korea, Spain and Latin America” Instituto Elcano (2022) with L. Lazaro.

  • "Five Ways Europe’s New Climate Proposal Can Transform Electric Transportation" ClimateWorks (2021)

  • "School buses are hurting our kids — here's how we change that" The Hill (2021)

  • "The Internal Combustion Bust" Project Syndicate. Green Recovery Special Edition (2020)

  • "Una COP de Asimetrías" El País (2019)

  • “No country is too small to lead at the UN Climate Action Summit” Climate Home News (2019)

  • “The Latest Climate Science Must Mobilize Us, not Paralyze Us” Project Syndicate (2018). 

    • Translated into 9 languages, re-published by Les Echos,  France, Leonardo Di Caprio Foundation,  USA, The New Times, Rwanda, Busiweek, Uganda, Daily Star, Lebanon, Redaccion, Argentina. New Europe, Ejinsight.com

  • “A World Without Exhaust Pipes” Project Syndicate (2017).

    • Translated into 10 languages, re-published in Japan Times Daily Star, Lebanon World News La Nacion, Costa Rica

  • “Can the WTO Environmental Goods Agreement help advance the Paris Agreement Goals?” CDKN (2017)

  • "Electrifying emerging markets: the case of Costa Rica" (Best Conference Paper at EVS30 (Oct 2017) with Bjorn Utgard.

Chapter contributor:

  • “Standing up for a Sustainable World” Book edited by C. Henri, N Stern, and J. Rockström (2021)

  • “Renewable Energy Policies for Cities” Report published by IRENA (2021)

  • “National Decarbonization Plan of Costa Rica” Published by the Costa Rican government (2019)

Blog entries on global sectoral policy:

Other articles:

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Selected policy reports:

The Relevance of the Environmental Goods Agreement in Advancing the Paris Agreement Goals and SDGs.

A Focus on Clean Energy and Costa Rica’s Experience

International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development

Geneva (Dec 2016)

Bridging the Green Growth Gap in Costa Rica

Ilmi Granoff, Monica Araya, Philipp Ulbrich, Sam Pickard and Caroline Haywood

GIZ Paper with Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 

Berlin (Nov. 2015)

 

A new global agreement can catalyze climate action in Latin America

Guy Edwards, Timmons Roberts, Monica Araya and Cristián Retamal

Brookings Paper, 

Washington, DC (May 2015)

For Monica´s articles in Spanish click here

Monica has been writing since 1998 on various topics related to climate, sustainability and development.

For the list before 2015 including her writing on trade and environment during her time as director of the Sustainable Americas Project at Yale please contact her directly.

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