Full Name
Cecilia Nicolini
Title
Member of Parliament
Which organization do you represent?
Parlasur
Bio
Cecilia Nicolini is Member of the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur), representing Argentina. From 2019 to 2023, she served as Argentina’s State Secretary of Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Innovation and Special Advisor to the President.
She is a political scientist with a distinguished career in foreign affairs, global and national environmental policy, and climate governance. She led the national crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic and negotiated the country’s vaccine procurement, making Argentina one of the few countries in the Global South to secure early access to vaccines. As National Climate Secretary, she managed to achieve a multi-stakeholder consensus, including civil society, economic sectors, and subnational governments, to agree on Argentina's 2030 adaptation and mitigation plan and 2050 carbon neutrality goal, despite the economic and debt crisis. She also holds advisory roles for local and regional governments, NGOs, and international organizations on sustainability, climate finance, and policy innovation.
With over 15 years of experience spanning Latin America, Europe, and the United States, she has worked at the intersection of international politics, economics, and environmental policy. Her expertise extends to gender equality, sustainable development, and institutional reform.
Academically, she holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School, an MBA from IE Business School, and a Master in Political Communication from the Ortega y Gasset Institute. Fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, she brings a global perspective to policy challenges.
She is a political scientist with a distinguished career in foreign affairs, global and national environmental policy, and climate governance. She led the national crisis response during the COVID-19 pandemic and negotiated the country’s vaccine procurement, making Argentina one of the few countries in the Global South to secure early access to vaccines. As National Climate Secretary, she managed to achieve a multi-stakeholder consensus, including civil society, economic sectors, and subnational governments, to agree on Argentina's 2030 adaptation and mitigation plan and 2050 carbon neutrality goal, despite the economic and debt crisis. She also holds advisory roles for local and regional governments, NGOs, and international organizations on sustainability, climate finance, and policy innovation.
With over 15 years of experience spanning Latin America, Europe, and the United States, she has worked at the intersection of international politics, economics, and environmental policy. Her expertise extends to gender equality, sustainable development, and institutional reform.
Academically, she holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School, an MBA from IE Business School, and a Master in Political Communication from the Ortega y Gasset Institute. Fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, she brings a global perspective to policy challenges.
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