Climate Change Fellows 2011
First Class
| Photo | Fellow Name | Home State, Country | Host Organization | Fellow Bios |
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Carolina Arango | Antioquia, Colombia | Stockholm Environmental Institute |
Climate change and water evaluation and planning systems. |
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Pablo Correa | Distrito Capital, Colombia | Clemson University Radio Productions |
Climate change communication and media strategies |
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Carlos Cortes |
Nariņo, Colombia |
Upstate Forever |
Carbon Capture and studying carbon markets like REDD and forest conservation |
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Juan Cubillos | Distrito Capital, Colombia | Environmental Protection Agency |
Climate change mitigation and communication |
| Melissa David |
Nariņo, Colombia |
Winrock International |
Renewable energy development with a focus on rural areas |
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Sebastian de los Rios |
Nariņo, Colombia |
Conservation International |
Carbon capture and the study of carbon markets like REDD |
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Liane Gamboa | San Andres and Providencia, Colombia | The Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Costal Sciences |
Coastal erosion due to climate change and infiltration of salt water into freshwater sources |
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Javier Leon |
Nariņo, Colombia |
University of Washington/ The Nature Conservancy |
Agricultural adaptation to climate change |
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Ferney Padilla | Antioquia, Colombia | Florida Climate Institute |
Carbon Capture and the study of carbon markets such as REDD |
Second Class
Development of energy and agricultural resources in relation to climate change Corporation for the Sustainable Development of Uraba (CORPOURABA) Water resource management South Carolina, USA Corporation for the Sustainable Development of San Andres, Providencia, and Santa Catalina (CORALINA) Water conservation in coastal communities Local adaption to climate change Coastal adaption management to climate change Voluntary markets, REDD, and climate change Impact of climate change on the environment in coastal communities Agriculture and climate change
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Fellow Name
Home State, Country
Host Organization
Fellow Bios
J. Anthony Abbott
Florida, USA
Center for Interdisciplinary Development Studies at University of the Andes/ International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Jeffrey Cegan
Massachusetts, USA

Daniel Hitchcock

Kristina Katich
Washington, DC, USA
Ministry of the Environment/Bioma Ingeneria Ambiental Ltda.

James London
South Carolina, USA
Universidad del Valle

Lauren Nichols
Virginia, USA
CORPANARINO (CAEMA, Ministry of the Environment, Accion Social)

Eric Rodgers
South Carolina, USA
El Espectador
Communications and climate change

Thomas Ruppert
Florida, USA
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras Jose Benito Vives de Andreis (INVEMAR)

Sintana Vergara
California, USA
Biofuturo/University of Narino
Third Class
| Photo | Fellow Name | Home State, Country | Host Organization | Fellow Bios |
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Robin Comacho |
Nariņo, Colombia |
Clemson University |
Climate change and urban development |
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Adriana Duque | Quindio, Colombia | US Geological Survey |
Natural hazards |
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Carolina Figueroa |
Distrito Capital, Colombia |
University of Washington/World Wildlife Fund/World Bank |
Climate change management in National Parks of Colombia |
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Juanita Gonzales | Distrito Capital, Colombia | Environmental Protection Agency |
Climate change adaptation |
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Ana Maria Gonzalez |
Distrito Capital, Colombia | Clemson University Radio Productions |
Broadcast media communications |
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Gilberto Myles | San Andres and Providencia, Colombia | Georgetown Emergency Management Office |
Disaster preparedness and climate change |
| Doralice Ortiz | Caldas, Colombia | MGM Innova/The Nature Conservancy |
Climate change and carbon markets |
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Mauren Paredes | Antioquia, Colombia |
Clemson University |
Waste water management |
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Maria Teresa Rojas | Distrito Capital, Colombia | Winrock International |
Carbon market and clean energy |
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Humberto Swann | Valle del Cauca, Colombia | Inter-American Development Bank | Private sector engagement and climate change |
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Mischellee Taylor | San Andres and Providencia, Colombia | Florida Sea Grant/University of Florida Institute for Food and Agricultural Science | Climate change and coral reef management |
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Maria Valencia | Distrito Capital, Colombia | Clemson University Radio Productions | Broadcast media communications |
Fourth Class
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Fellow Name |
Home State, Country |
Host Organization |
Fellow Bios |
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Jorge Madrid |
Washington, DC, USA |
Centro Colombo Americano |
Communication; clean energy; urban adaptation |
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Eliot Levine |
Washington, DC, USA |
Parques Nacionales de Colombia |
Adaptation at the local level |
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Bradley Lyon |
Washington, DC, USA |
Instituto de Hidrologia, Meteorologia, y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM) |
Disaster risk management; community engagement |
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Anand Jayakaran |
South Carolina, USA |
Corporacion para el Desarollo Sostenible del Archipielago San Andres, Providencia, y Santa Catalina (CORALINA) |
Water resource management |
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Cindy Grace |
South Carolina, USA |
CORALINA |
Disaster risk management; coastal erosion |
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Irene Nielson |
New York, USA |
IDEAM |
Adaptation at the local level; community engagement |
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Carrie Lee |
Washington, USA |
Centro Andino para la Economia en el Medio Ambiente |
Bioenergy projects; REDD; forest management |
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Matthew Brownlee |
South Carolina, USA |
Parques Nacionales de Colombia |
Community engagement; communication |
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Femke Oldham |
California, USA |
Fundacion Providence |
Sea level rise; community engagement |
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John Henry November |
Florida, USA |
Universidad del Norte |
Renewable energy technologies; community enagement; marine adaptation |
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Brenda Rashleigh |
Georgia, USA |
Corporacion Autonoma Regional del Centro de Antioquia |
Management and adaptation of aquatic ecosystems; sustainable land use |
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Larissa Mark |
Washington, DC, USA |
Corporacion Autonoma Regional del Quindio |
Green building techniques; energy efficiency |
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Pamela Fletcher |
Florida, USA |
CORALINA |
Climate outreach; coral reef conservation |





















