Keynote
CAROLINA URMENETA
Circular Economy Program Director, and Americas Regional Lead for The Global Methane Hub
Civil Engineer in Biotechnology, University of Chile, International Master in Sustainability Sciences, Diploma in Disaster Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change. 15 years of work experience in public policy development, studies, projects, and consulting on climate change and sustainability. For the last 4 years, she was the head of Climate Change for the Government of Chile, leading transformative public policy as the Climate Change Framework Law, approved unanimously in the congress, the ambitious update of the NDC, and the first Long Term Strategy of Chile. Chile was one of the first countries to include circular economy concrete goals in their climate change commitments. Previously she worked supporting the design and implementation of methane capture projects in the agriculture and waste sector and the regular and voluntary carbon market.