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As Garcia Marquez might say, Life is nothing if not a continuous succession of opportunities to survive

April 17, 2014 por Carlos Ludeña Leave a Comment


Today one of the most influential Latin American writers passed away. Internationally known for his book “A hundred years of solitude”, Gabriel García Márquez helped us imagine how the lives of our future generations might be like. Holding the IPCC Climate Change Report at hand and imagining the future, we can only hope that our cities’ future isn’t as bleak as Márquez’s Macondo — which was ultimately destroyed by a hurricane.

The report’s numbers are definately sobering, but the great Colombian author didn’t just leave us with fiction — he also leaves us with hope of survival. From one of his famous quotes (loosely translated):

Life is nothing if not a continuous succession of opportunities to survive.

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Carlos Ludeña

Carlos Ludeña trabaja como economista del cambio climático en la División de Cambio Climático y Sostenibilidad del BID. Carlos ha trabajado en proyectos de análisis y en préstamos en las áreas de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático. En los últimos cinco años, ha supervisado los estudios sobre los impactos económicos del cambio climático en Bolivia , Colombia y Perú, y actualmente lidera actividades de apoyo dentro de los NAMAs en la región. Su experiencia incluye la adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático en agricultura y vivienda. Carlos comenzó su carrera en el BID en 2008 dentro del programa de jóvenes profesionales . Antes de unirse al BID, trabajó como consultor para varias organizaciones internacionales y gobiernos, entre ellos el Banco Mundial, la CEPAL, la FAO, el FMI, el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo y los gobiernos de Bolivia, Nicaragua, Paraguay y Venezuela. Carlos tiene una maestría y un doctorado en Economía Agrícola de la Universidad de Purdue (EE.UU.) y una Licenciatura en Agronomía de la Universidad Zamorano en Honduras. Puedes seguir a Carlos en Twitter: @CarlosELudena

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