Research interests:

Climate Change, mountain geography, disaster risk, landslides, water resources management, integrated watershed management.

Studies:

– PhD, in Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

– MSc, in Water Science, Policy and Management, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

– Master’s Lecturer at Del Valle University, Guatemala (2012-2017)

– Bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering (Honors), Del Valle University, Guatemala.

– Baccalaureatus in Scientiis, Del Valle University, Guatemala.

Work Experience

– Director of the Private Institute for Climate Change Research (ICC) since 2010.

– Defensores de la Naturaleza Foundation
Researcher in the Motagua-Polochic Water Fund, Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala. 2010.

– Environmental Studies Center, Del Valle University, Guatemala. Research associate in climate change and disasters. 2010.

– Amigos del río Ixtacapa Association, Guatemala, 2007-2009, Advisor on social organization for watershed management.

– Guatemalan Meteorology Institute (INSIVUMEH), Consultant on vulnerability to climate change, 2008.

– UNDP, consultant, co-author of the report “Climate Change and Human Development in Guatemala”, 2008.

– Defensores de la Naturaleza Foundation, Coordinator of a water management project in the San Jerónimo river basin, Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, 2004-05.

– Guatemalan Scholarship Association (ABG), Board assistant and coordinator of the UWC scholarship selection process, 1999-2004.

Publications:

• Tax, M. & A. Guerra. 2019. La Huella Hídrica de la caña de azúcar de Guatemala. Revista de la Asociación de Técnicos Azucareros de Guatemala. Edición enero a marzo 2019. 4-11p.
• Basterrechea, M. y A. Guerra. 2019. Recursos Hídricos. En SGCCC: Primer Reporte de Evaluación del Conocimiento del Cambio Climático en Guatemala. Editorial de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.
• Guerra, A. M.A. Liere, P. Yax, G. Alfaro, S. Gil and L. Blacutt. 2017. Gestión de riesgo de inundaciones en el río Coyolate: ejemplo de adaptación al cambio climático en Guatemala. Yu’Am Revista Mesoamericana de Biodiversidad y Cambio Climático Vol 2(3):27-37.