Mónica Araya is Executive Director of International Affairs for European Climate Foundation. She oversees the work and grantmaking on trade, diplomacy, decarbonization plans and global climate politics. For over 20 years, Mónica has worked with government, business, philanthropy and advocacy leaders on accelerating climate action and has served as strategist for several initiatives, boards and campaigns. She helped develop Costa Rica’s national decarbonization plan, was a special adviser to COP26’s High-Level Champion for Climate Action, was a Distinguished Fellow at ClimateWorks Foundation and helped incubate the Drive Electric Campaign. For her work on electrification, she was included in the list of “BBC 100 Women.” Previously, Mónica worked at the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Costa Rica, Climate Change Capital, the United Nations and Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G). Her collaboration with the European Climate Foundation spans a decade. She obtained a master’s in economic policy at the University of Costa Rica and a master’s and PhD from Yale University.