I LOVE WRITING.

I publish in English and Spanish, mostly in Latin America and Europe. I wrote my first magazine article in .1997.

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My articles have been published in global newspapers and online platforms, including The Guardian, Project Syndicate, El País, and the World Economic Forum. I have also published in national newspapers such as La Nación (Costa Rica), El Tiempo (Colombia), La Tercera (Chile), Les Echos (Francia), M.O. (Belgium), Jordan Times, Gulf Times (Qatar), and more. I am also a frequent writer in climate blogs.

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In Costa Rica I have a blog hosted at the business newspaper

La República: 

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Articles in English

2019-2015

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• Oct 2018  The Latest Climate Science Must Mobilize Us, not Paralyze Us  Project Syndicate (with Carlos Manuel Rodriguez) 

Translated into 9 languages, re-published in several sites including

• Les Echos,  France

• Leonardo Di Caprio,  USA

• The New Times, Rwanda

• Busiweek, Uganda

• Daily Star, Lebanon

• Redaccion, Argentina

• New Europe, Ejinsight.com

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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

• Oct 2017  A World Without Exhaust Pipes Project Syndicate (Translated into 10 languages, re-published in several sites including:

  • Japan Times

  • Daily Star, Lebanon

  • World News

  • La Nacion, Costa Rica

• August 2017 Think big on technology for a clean energy future Asian Development Bank Blog

• Dec 2016 Can the Environmental Goods Agreement help advance the Paris Agreement and SDGs? ( reproduced by CDKN based on ICTSD blog article.

• Dec 2016 Driving electric smart, electric mobility in Costa Rica (Co-authored with Bjørn Utgård) (Norwegian Association of Electric Mobility) 

• Dec 2016   Antarctica, We Love You (Homeward Bound's official website)

• 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

• 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

• Sept 2016 Building coalitions to support SDGs in Costa Rica (The Elders / Blog guest)

• June 2016   Why Latin America should ratify the Paris Agreement - with G. Edwards (Nivela)

• Dec 2015   No Time to Rest: After the Paris Agreement what comes next?. (Courier, USA).

• Dec 2015   We Have a Paris Agreement - with MJ Vásquez y C. Bustos (Nivela)

• Nov 2015 North-south climate rift hurts poor people (Climate Home)

• Sept 2015  Race to renewable: five developing countries ditching fossil fuels  (The Guardian)

• July 2015  The role of non-state actors will grow after the Paris climate conference (Climate & Development Knowledge Network)

• May 2015 Can Latin America blaze a trail towards a Paris climate deal?  with G. Edwards  (Climate Home)

• April 2015  Citizens for a Clean Economy (Project Syndicate) Syndicated by the following publications:

  • Belgium´s Mondiaal Nieuws MO.

  • Costa Rica´s La Nacion (printed version)

  • Jordan Times

  • SwissInfo

  • Qatar´s Gulf Times

  • World Economic Forum

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Previous articles 

For a full list contact me at . Some examples of previous articles are:

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• Sept 2014  The people's climate  - with H.Verolme  (Project Syndicate)

  • This  article was translated in 10 languages and replicated in several newspapers in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

• Nov 2013: Governments can say no to fossil fuels (Climate Home)

• May 2013  A new why for climate action (Thompson Reuters Foundation) which was published in Intercambio Climatico too.

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Artículos en Español

2019-2015

• Mar 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 3

• Feb 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 2

• Feb 2019 ¿Cómo logró Chile sus 100 buses eléctricos? Parte 1

• Feb 2019  Descarbonizar es Descontaminar  Delfino.cr

• Jan 2019  Mil y Una Mujeres a la Antártida, Delfino.cr

• Dic 2018  Para el Bebé Cinco Millones  Delfino.cr

• Nov 2018  Humanizar la Costa Rica Dividida Delfino.cr

• ​Oct 2018  Las últimas noticias climáticas deben movilizarnos, no llevarnos a la parálisis (con Carlos Manuel Rodriguez)  Project Syndicate

• March 2018  Grandes Avances, Grandes Brechas, Editorial Especial en La República (Día de la Mujer)

• ​March 2018  Aprendamos de Movilidad Eléctrica en época de Expomovil. Costa Rica Limpia

• Feb 2018  Dos Alvarados y Una Costa Rica Vulnerable al Clima La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica) II

• Feb 2018  Dos Alvarados y Una Costa Rica Limpia  La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica) I

• Oct 2017  Abolir el Petróleo: ¿Cómo interpretar el anuncio de Álvarez Desanti?  La República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica)

• Oct 2017  Un Mundo Sin Tubos de Escape  Project Syndicate

• Sept 2017  El Mes Eléctrico para la Industria AutomovilísticaLa República Blog (Mi columna: "Esencialmente Eléctrica)

• March 2017  Transporte Eléctrico llega a América Latina (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Nov 2016  Transporte Eléctrico como Tema Político (Revista Decisiones)

• Nov 2016   Trump y la Accion Climatica (La Nación)

• Oct 2016  La Electricidad Más Barata de la Historia (La Nación)

• Junio 2016   América Latina debe ratificar el Acuerdo de París - con G. Edwards  (La Tercera, Chile)

• Junio 2016  Del transporte que tenemos al que queremos (Revista Perfil, Costa Rica).

• Mayo 2016  Un consenso construible: Una Costa Rica Libre de Petróleo (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Mayo 2016  Transporte y carbono: ¿Cómo medir el avance?  (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Feb 2016  Ticos apoyan las energías limpias (Ojo al Clima - Semanario Universidad)

• Feb 2016 Ticos apoyan energías limpias y quieren involucrarse en temas energéticos  con M.J.V. (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Enero 2016   Una Costa Rica que inspire al mundo y a nosotros mismos (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Dic 2015   El Acuerdo de París tiene lo que necesitamos en Costa Rica. (Diario Extra, Costa Rica)

• Dic 2015 El Acuerdo de París nos toca a todos (Costa Rica Limpia)

• Dic 2015  Nació el Acuerdo de París (Costa Rica Limpia y Nivela)

• Agosto 2015  El rol de los actores no estatales será vital para combatir el cambio climático (Diario Extra, Costa Rica Limpia, Nivela)

• April 2015  Ciudadanos por una Economía Limpia (Project Syndicate)

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Artículos previos 

Si quiere una lista con todas las publicaciones contácteme en .  Ejemplos aquí:

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• Marzo 2015  Electricidad limpia no significa tener una matriz energética 100% renovable (El Financiero, Costa Rica)

• Dic 2014 Integrar las prioridades climáticas en las negociaciones del clima (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo)

• 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:

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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

Monica Araya

International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development

Geneva (Dec 2016)

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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)

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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)

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