I started writing about sustainability since I was very young. My first published article was in 1998. I have been writing in English and Spanish for global newspapers and local ones as well as online platforms, including Project Syndicate, El País, the World Economic Forum and The Guardian. National newspapers include La Nación, El Financiero,
La República (Costa Rica), El Tiempo (Colombia), La Tercera (Chile), Les Echos (Francia), M.O. (Belgium), Jordan Times, Gulf Times (Qatar).
"The Race to Zero Emissions Vehicles Is On" COP26 UK official site (LinkedIn) (Nov 2020)
"Electrifying Mobility Benefits Our Health and Climate" Enel.com (Oct 2020)
"The Internal Combustion Bust" Project Syndicate. Green Recovery Special Edition (Sept 2020)
"Costa Rica as pioneer of a green social contract" in 'Standing Up for a Sustainable World' (Forthcoming, 2020)
The Future is Already Here: The Case of Costa Rica (2020) in The Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy
"Una COP de Asimetrías" El Pais (printed edition) (Dec 2019)
(A COP of Asymmetries)
The Latest Climate Science Must Mobilize Us, not Paralyze Us Project Syndicate (Oct 2018)
(Monica Araya & Carlos Manuel Rodriguez)
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
(Gustavo Munoz, Esteban Bermudez and Monica Araya) Published by UN Environment
Grandes Avances, Grandes Brechas, Invited guess editor at La República on Women's Day (2018)
A World Without Exhaust Pipes in Project Syndicate (2017)
Translated into 10 languages, re-published in several sites including: Japan Times Daily Star, Lebanon World News La Nacion, Costa Rica
Electrifying emerging markets: the case of Costa Rica,
Best Conference Paper at EVS30 (Oct 2017)
Bjorn Utgard and Monica Araya
Standing up for a Sustainable World, edited by C. Henri, N Stern and J. Rockström (forthcoming, 2021)
Energy Solutions for Cities of the Future Renewable Energy’s Contribution to Cities. Cases in
China, Uganda, and Costa Rica with IRENA team (forthcoming, 2020)
The Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy (2020)
edited by R. Llewellyn and his fully charged friends
National Decarbonization Plan of Costa Rica, 2018-2050 with Government of Costa Rica (2019)
Electrifying Bus Routes: Insights from Mexico City’s Eje 8 Sur with C40 Finance Facility team (2019)
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Guidelines For Cities with Cleantechnica & Greenway (2018)
English
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Sept 2019 "No country is too small to lead at the UN Climate Action Summit Climate Home News. 23.09.19 with Amal Lee Amin.
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July 2018 Increasing the Ownership of Long-term Climate Plans WRI and UNDP
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July 2018 Let’s support the world’s most vulnerable nations - and their first carbon-free summit Nivela
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Feb 2018 Advancing Electric Mobility in Latin America. Commentary for the Inter American Dialogue
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August 2017 Think big on technology for a clean energy future Asian Development Bank Blog
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Dec 2016 Can the Environmental Goods Agreement help advance the Paris Agreement and SDGs? ( reproduced by CDKN based on ICTSD blog article.
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Dec 2016 Driving electric smart, electric mobility in Costa Rica (Co-authored with Bjørn Utgård) (Norwegian Association of Electric Mobility)
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Dec 2016 Antarctica, We Love You (Homeward Bound's official website)
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Dec 2016 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) Research paper
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Dec 2016 Renewable energy: Can the Environmental Goods Agreement help advance the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals? (International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development) Blog article
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Sept 2016 Building coalitions to support SDGs in Costa Rica (The Elders / Blog guest)
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June 2016 Why Latin America should ratify the Paris Agreement - with G. Edwards (Nivela)
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Dec 2015 No Time to Rest: After the Paris Agreement what comes next?. (Courier, USA).
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Dec 2015 We Have a Paris Agreement - with MJ Vásquez y C. Bustos (Nivela)
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Nov 2015 North-south climate rift hurts poor people (Climate Home)
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Sept 2015 Race to renewable: five developing countries ditching fossil fuels (The Guardian)
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July 2015 The role of non-state actors will grow after the Paris climate conference (Climate & Development Knowledge Network)
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May 2015 Can Latin America blaze a trail towards a Paris climate deal? with G. Edwards (Climate Home)
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April 2015 Citizens for a Clean Economy (Project Syndicate) Syndicated by the following publications:
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Belgium´s Mondiaal Nieuws MO.
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Costa Rica´s La Nacion (printed version)
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Sept 2014 The people's climate - with H.Verolme (Project Syndicate)
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This article was translated in 10 languages and replicated in several newspapers in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
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Nov 2013: Governments can say no to fossil fuels (Climate Home)
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May 2013 A new why for climate action (Thompson Reuters Foundation) which was published in Intercambio Climatico too.
Español
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Jan 2020 "En 2020 No Todo Está Perdido" Defino.cr
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Oct 2019 "Es difícil pero no imposible" Defino.cr
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Julio 2019 "Sentido comun como vacuna contra el fanatismo"
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Mar 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 3
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Feb 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 2
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Feb 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 1
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Feb 2019 Descarbonizar es Descontaminar Delfino.cr
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Jan 2019 Mil y Una Mujeres a la Antártida, Delfino.cr
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Dic 2018 Para el Bebé Cinco Millones Delfino.cr
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Nov 2018 Humanizar la Costa Rica Dividida Delfino.cr
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March 2018 Aprendamos de Movilidad Eléctrica en época de Expomovil. Costa Rica Limpia
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Feb 2018 Dos Alvarados y Una Costa Rica Vulnerable al Clima La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica) II
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Feb 2018 Dos Alvarados y Una Costa Rica Limpia La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica) I
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Oct 2017 Abolir el Petróleo: ¿Cómo interpretar el anuncio de Álvarez Desanti? La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica)
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Oct 2017 Un Mundo Sin Tubos de Escape Project Syndicate
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Sept 2017 El Mes Eléctrico para la Industria AutomovilísticaLa República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica)
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March 2017 Transporte Eléctrico llega a América Latina (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Nov 2016 Transporte Eléctrico como Tema Político (Revista Decisiones)
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Nov 2016 Trump y la Accion Climatica (La Nación)
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Oct 2016 La Electricidad Más Barata de la Historia (La Nación)
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Junio 2016 América Latina debe ratificar el Acuerdo de París - con G. Edwards (La Tercera, Chile)
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Junio 2016 Del transporte que tenemos al que queremos (Revista Perfil, Costa Rica).
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Mayo 2016 Un consenso construible: Una Costa Rica Libre de Petróleo (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Mayo 2016 Transporte y carbono: ¿Cómo medir el avance? (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Feb 2016 Ticos apoyan las energías limpias (Ojo al Clima - Semanario Universidad)
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Feb 2016 Ticos apoyan energías limpias y quieren involucrarse en temas energéticos con M.J.V. (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Enero 2016 Una Costa Rica que inspire al mundo y a nosotros mismos (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Dic 2015 El Acuerdo de París tiene lo que necesitamos en Costa Rica. (Diario Extra, Costa Rica)
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Dic 2015 El Acuerdo de París nos toca a todos (Costa Rica Limpia)
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Dic 2015 Nació el Acuerdo de París (Costa Rica Limpia y Nivela)
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Agosto 2015 El rol de los actores no estatales será vital para combatir el cambio climático (Diario Extra, Costa Rica Limpia, Nivela)
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April 2015 Ciudadanos por una Economía Limpia (Project Syndicate)
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Marzo 2015 Electricidad limpia no significa tener una matriz energética 100% renovable (El Financiero, Costa Rica)
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Dic 2014 Integrar las prioridades climáticas en las negociaciones del clima (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo)
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Sept 2014 El Clima del Pueblo con H. Verolme (El País, España). Fue re-publicado por le El Tiempo en Colombia.
For more than 15 years, I have authored or co-authored several reports, these are three examples:
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)