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Speaker: Carolina Zambrano-Barragán, Climate change and urban sustainability expert from Quito, Ecuador.
About the talk: Latin America needs new approaches to face the impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization, particularly in a context of poverty and rising inequality. Cities in the region have emerged as a central actor for social and political innovation, and urban areas offer a unique scenario to pilot transformational change. In this event, Carolina Zambrano will discuss the main opportunities and challenges for climate action in Latin American cities, with a focus on urban resilience and adaptation. She will share key insights from her personal experience in Quito, Ecuador, and discuss the importance of dynamic socio-institutional frameworks and policies for climate change management.
About the speaker: Carolina Zambrano-Barragán, MC/MPA 2018, is a climate change and urban sustainability expert from Quito, Ecuador. Before coming to HKS, she worked at Avina Foundation as Latin American Director of Sustainable Cities and as a professor at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar’s Master’s Program on Climate Change. Formerly, Carolina was Director of Environmental Policy for the city of Quito and Undersecretary of Climate Change at Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment. She has carried out several consulting and research initiatives around the world, integrating climate action with social inclusion, urban policy, and biodiversity conservation. Carolina is a Biologist and holds a Master’s on Environmental Management from Yale University.