Carolina has more than 15 years of work experience in the development of public policy, studies, projects, advice on climate change and sustainability. For the last 4 years, she was head of the climate change division of the Ministry of the Environment, leading the participatory and science-based design of transversal and transformative policies and instruments such as the Climate Change Framework Law of Chile, approved unanimously in Congress. Chile was the first country in Latin America to have the goal of carbon neutrality and climate resilience established by law. The country implemented climate management instruments such as the update of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the first long-term climate strategy, the Climate Risk Atlas at the community level, the first regional action plans against climate change, among others. These efforts increase Chile’s ambition to face climate change, taking advantage of sustainable development opportunities and seeking to achieve compliance with our international commitments, with Chile being one of the first countries in the world to incorporate concrete circular economy commitments into its climate instruments. Previously, Carolina was part of the WSP consultancy advising on the implementation of projects to reduce methane emissions in agriculture and waste, among others.
Carolina is a Civil Engineer in Biotechnology from the University of Chile, International Master in Sustainability Sciences, and has a Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. She teaches classes on public policies for Sustainability at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile and since April 2022, she is the director of circular economy and the regional director for the Americas of the Global Methane Hub.