Milena Gonzalez Vasquez

Milena Gonzalez is a Climate Change Specialist in the Programs Unit of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). She reviews climate change mitigation project proposals from countries in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. She also works on topics related to the GEF’s role as a financial mechanism for the United Nations climate change convention (UNFCCC) including on climate finance, capacity-building, transparency and reporting. Milena joined the GEF in 2014. Prior to joining the GEF, she was a research associate in the Climate and Energy team at the Worldwatch Institute, where she analyzed renewable energy development in the Latin American region, among other topics. Milena holds a master’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus on Atmosphere and Energy and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, both from Stanford University. She is from Mexico and Panama.