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Carolina Zambrano-Barragán
Director of Programs Climate and Land Use AllianceCarolina Zambrano-Barragán is Director of Programs at the Climate and Land Use Alliance.
For over 15 years, she has worked at the intersection of climate action, human rights, and biodiversity conservation. She has held leadership positions in the public, philanthropic, and non-profit sectors contributing to sustainability, advancing rights, and climate resilience in Latin America and globally.
Prior to joining CLUA, Carolina was the Climate Justice Lead at Hivos, and previously, their program director for All Eyes on the Amazon and Amazon Indigenous Health Route. Before that, Carolina led climate, environment and innovation policies and programs in Ecuador; she was Vice Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation; Undersecretary of Climate Change; and Director of Environmental Policy for the City of Quito. She also managed Avina Foundation’s Sustainable Cities program in Latin America.
Carolina started her career as a biologist and has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University.
