Marco Lara holds a bachelor's degree in International Relations and has specialization studies in Applied Econometrics, both from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is also a Master in Environmental Economics from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE).
He is a Senior Economist in Mexico, specializing in climate change and social sustainability issues.In 2016, he was part of the youth delegation of Mexico at the COP13 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in the city of Cancun.Previously, he has worked as a coordinator of fundraising and carbon markets at the AMBIO Cooperative, a social organization based in Chiapas. He has also collaborated as a research assistant at the Center for Demographic, Urban, and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) at El Colegio de Mexico. He has taught courses on globalization, sustainable development, and socio-economic outlook of Mexico at La Salle Nezahualcoyotl University and the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM).December 6, 2024
In a context of extinction of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development (Coneval), as the agency in charge of measuring poverty among other evaluation activities, this note presents some of the results of labor poverty as of the third quarter of 2024 published last December 3.
December 2, 2024
On November 24, two days later than initially planned, COP29 came to a close. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) acknowledged that the final decisions have not satisfied all parties.
November 29, 2024
COP29 reflects that multilateralism in climate action is (hardly) alive, with (small) steps like (minimal) financing agreements for developing economies or (delayed) carbon credit international exchange operations. All in all a small step forward, insufficient to bridge the gap to the Paris Agreement goals.
