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With the firm intention of connecting Costa Rican talent with international opportunities in research and climate action, the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC) and EcoCitizen recently signed a framework agreement for collaboration. This agreement, signed by TEC Rector María Estrada Sánchez and EcoCitizen CEO Adriana González Villalobos, establishes the basis for the development of …

TEC and EcoCitizen sign agreement to promote research, sustainability, and academic mobility with a global focus. Read More »

Photo from Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change is a youth-led organisation whose members are students from the Pacific Island countries https://www.pisfcc.org/who-we-are Congratulations and THANK YOU Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. We truly celebrate the ICJ much-anticipated Advisory Opinion on climate change obligations. The UN’s highest judicial body has said that countries have a clear …

A “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right. Read More »

From Costa Rica to Luxembourg, ICAFE and EcoCitizen are joining forces to protect coffee, its people, and its cultural legacy and heritage. Extreme weather events, such as out-of-season rainfall and prolonged droughts, are already affecting coffee production in Costa Rica. Coffee cultivation is not only a cultural cornerstone, but also a key driver of the …

Costa Rican Coffee Faces One of Its Greatest Challenges: Climate Change Read More »

5th June 2025. As we commemorate World Environment Day today, we are alarmed but still optimistic. We must face the stark reality of climate collapse, nature and biodiversity loss, and growing desertification. These crises hit the most vulnerable hardest, especially in the Global South, affecting women, indigenous communities, people with disabilities, the elderly, and children. …

An urgent call to action on World Environment Day Read More »

  As part of the preparations for UNOC3, organised jointly by the governments of France and Costa Rica, EcoCitizen was invited to take part in the Ocean Accounts Exchange held in Costa Rica. Our CEO Adriana González was accompanied by María Paula Salazar, a trainee engineer and part of the EcoCitizen team in Costa Rica, …

EcoCitizen took part in the Ocean Accounts Exchange: Building a Blueprint for Action event in Costa Rica Read More »

(San José, March 2025) Working Visit to Costa Rica: International Conferences, Partnerships, and Research Progress. Our CEO Adriana González as part of a working visit to Costa Rica visited our partners at the Laboratorio PRIAS, CeNAT at the National Council of Rectors (Consejo Nacional de Rectores – CONARE) in Costa Rica. The National Center for …

EcoCitizen Working Visit to Costa Rica Read More »

As part of the visit to our team in Costa Rica, Adriana Gonzalez, CEO of EcoCitizen, led our Offsite meeting in Santa Maria de Dota, a region renowned for its coffee growing tradition. This area is the birthplace of Tarrazú coffee, appreciated worldwide for its flavor, aroma and exceptional quality. The objective of the visit …

EcoCitizen Offsite in Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica: Charging our batteries! Read More »

EcoCitizen was present in Rome as an Observer at the resumed session of UN CBD COP16 Cali (16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity) where Parties made a significant progress in global efforts to protect biodiversity. One of the important agreements was the creation of the Cali Fund, designed to provide …

EcoCitizen celebrates progress at COP in global efforts to protect and restore biodiversity Read More »

Cali, Colombia. Maria Paula Salazar, Maria Fernanda Castillo, and Jafeth Rodríguez, students of the Sustainable Development Engineering program at the University of Costa Rica (Turrialba campus), along with Jimena Valerio, an Environmental Engineering student from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC), fulfilled the dream of every student in fields related to sustainable development by …

Four students from public universities in Costa Rica participated in COP16 thanks to the support of Ecocitizen, a research organization founded by Costa Ricans and based in Luxembourg Read More »

Salvatore Coppola-Finegan, Head of Delegation at Closing Session of the UN CBD COP16, Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024 © EcoCitizen The UN CBD COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, has come to a bitter-sweet end, leaving the world with some new and very welcome achievements, whilst highlighting many unresolved, growing challenges. The Colombian presidency, along with …

Closing day thoughts at COP16 Read More »