Latin America has become a global hotspot of the pandemic. The social and economic pain it inflicts only adds to the impacts of the climate crisis. This hurricane season, for instance, is expected to hit the Americas with twice as many major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher than in typical years. By the end of this decade, heat waves alone could destroy the equivalent of 2.5 … [Read more...] about Can carbon pricing help Latin America and the Caribbean engage in a net-zero carbon future?
Marcos Castro R.
Marcos Castro is a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Carbon Markets & Innovation Unit of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group. He is currently a member of the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) Secretariat and manages technical assistance and capacity development projects on mitigation finance and carbon pricing policy in the Latin American region. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2006, he served as an advisor on climate change & sustainable development in the Ecuadorian administration, including as executive director of its National Clean Development Promotion Office and negotiator of the UNFCCC and other multilateral environmental agreements, and consulted for various regional development organizations (Andean Development Bank (CAF), Interamerican Development Bank (IADB), Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), UN Environment Program) on carbon finance project development. Marcos earned his Economics Engineering degree (MSc) at the Universität Fridericiana Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany.