Ivonne López Arce

Ivonne is a Research Assistant on the Geoformations team. Ivonne recently completed an MSc in Development Practice at Trinity College Dublin. Her professional trajectory spans policy analysis at the International Institute for Sustainable Development and climate diplomacy at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, engaging with governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has also collaborated with youth and indigenous groups across Latin America and Southeast Asia. Ivonne currently serves on the Expert Advisory Panel of the Earthshot Prize, evaluating innovative environmental solutions from around the world. Her current research explores the implications of aid budget contractions on local organisations and the evolving assemblage of adaptation-development cooperation in coastal Central America, analysing how communities navigate, negotiate, and reconfigure resilience within the current geopolitical conjuncture.