Marvin Lagonera Philippines Curriculum Vitae - 2020
Marvin Lagonera Philippines Curriculum Vitae - 2020
Marvin Lagonera Philippines Curriculum Vitae - 2020
C40 City Adviser for Quezon City, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
MSc Sustainable Urban Development student, University of Oxford
Founder & Executive Director, Behaviorale PH
Address: Quezon City, Philippines
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Sex: Male | Date of birth: 28/03/1993 | Nationality: Filipino
To make an impact on people’s lives and the planet by contributing to sustainable urban
development and climate action, and by taking on mentorship roles to students and emerging local
champions in the field of sustainability.
Summary of Experience
A climate emergency activist and urbanist, Marvin has been learning about and working with
Southeast Asian cities at the forefront of transformative climate action. At present, he is affiliated with
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, serving as City Adviser for Quezon City, Philippines. In this
role, he manages the delivery of the city’s Climate Action Planning programme ahead of Deadline
2020, C40’s flagship global program. He is concurrently reading a Master of Science (MSc) in
Sustainable Urban Development part-time at University of Oxford.
Before that he was part of ICLEI Southeast Asia, where he managed a portfolio of urban projects on
low carbon development, sustainable energy and urban research. He served as ICLEI Country
Liaison Officer (PHL) for the “Ambitious City Promises”, an international project supporting nine large
cities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam to establish ambitious climate targets and actions.
He is also the founder and executive director of Behaviorale, a mission-driven think-and-do tank
harnessing breakthroughs in behavioral economics to serve communities in the global south, improve
people's lives, and protect the planet.
Marvin holds a Master's degree in Political Science major in Global Politics and Bachelor’s degrees
in Economics-Honors and Political Science from Ateneo de Manila University, and served as lecturer
at the Department of Economics at Ateneo de Manila University. He was a recipient of the Erasmus
Mundus Master’s Mobility with Asia at the University of Warsaw (Poland) and the Joint Master’s
Research Mobility of the ASEAN University Network and Kyoto University Graduate School of Energy
Sciences (Japan).
Jan 2017 to Country Liaison Officer (Philippines) for the “Ambitious City Promises:
May 2018 Commitments for Low Carbon Development in Southeast Asian Cities”
ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat
▪ The Ambitious City Promises (ACP) is a three-year international project supporting
nine large cities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam, working with Seoul
Metropolitan Government, to establish ambitious climate targets, plans and actions.
▪ As Country Liaison Officer, I provided overall supervision in the implementation and
execution of project activities in the Philippines:
o Led an internal team of four project staff and coordinated with various
external teams to implement all project activities with Philippine project
cities (i.e. Pasig, Marikina and Parañaque);
o Conducted workshops on capacity needs assessment, stakeholder
mapping, institutional development, and low carbon planning;
o Coordinated with and provided support to project teams in Indonesia, Viet
Nam, South Korea and Germany for global advocacy;
o Established National Project Advisory Group, project steering committee
comprising of key national government agencies and development
partners (UN-Habitat, League of Cities);
o Advocacy and representation in global events: 2017 ASEAN Mayors
Forum (Taguig, Philippines), UNFCCC COP23 Cities and Regions
Pavilion (Bonn, Germany), Seoul Mayors Forum on Climate (Seoul, South
Korea), 9th World Urban Forum (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); and
o Provided monitoring and evaluation support for international reporting to
the German International Climate Initiative (IKI).
May 2016 to
May 2018 Project Officer for Climate Change Mitigation
ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat
As Project Officer for ICLEI Southeast Asia, I managed a portfolio of urban projects on
low carbon development, sustainable energy and urban research, and worked directly
with more than ten cities across Asia.
SHORT-TERM
CONSULTANCIE
S&
INTERNSHIPS
Jul 2018 Project Development Officer for the Green Climate Fund Readiness
Program (Philippines), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
▪ Provided technical and coordination backstop to the Philippines GCFRP and
various national agencies in preparing a medium-size climate change adaptation
funding proposal (between US$ 50 million - US$ 100 million) titled “Strengthening
the Resilience of the Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities to Climate Change in
the Philippines’ Eastern Seaboard”
▪ A global partnership programme by the United Nations Environment (UNEP),
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Resources
Institute (WRI), the Green Climate Fund Readiness Programme builds
developing countries' capacity to access the Green Climate Fund.
Feb 2018 to Short-Term Consultant, M&E for Knowledge & Capacity Development
May 2018 for the National Climate Change Action Plan (Philippines), GIZ GmbH
▪ Joined a team of five technical staff from the GIZ GmbH and Climate Change
Commission to facilitate the evaluation and updating of the Knowledge &
Capacity Development component of the National Climate Change Action Plan
▪ Collected and analyzed extensive climate data from various government
agencies, and prepared report on accomplishments, gaps, synergies, and
recommendations for various indicators (i.e. gender and development,
knowledge and extension services, capacity building, etc)
▪ This consultancy was supported by GIZ through the Support to the Climate
Change Commission (CCC) program ‘Shaping and Implementing International
Climate Regime-Phase II’
OTHER
INTERESTS
▪ On a normal day, you would catch me sharing a lot about plant parenthood and
mindfulness. During long breaks, I frequently visit surf towns. I enjoy surfing, hiking
and traveling to different islands and beaches in the country and the Southeast Asian
region. I also enjoy CrossFit, boxing, going on local food trips, and being a hooman
and playing with the family’s Golden Retriever and pugs.
KEY REPORTS &
PUBLICATIONS
May/Jun 2020 Lagonera, M., Baldo, J. & Santos, J., 2020. “Inclusive Climate Action Stakeholder and
Policy Analysis Report: Quezon City” (forthcoming). Quezon City Government and
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
May 2020 Lagonera, M. & Chan, R., 2019. “Climate Risk Assessment Management Plan for
Quezon City”. Quezon City Government and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
Nov 2019 Lagonera, M., Baldo, J., Dedicatoria, R., et al,. 2019. “GHG Scenario Analysis 2016-
2050 for Quezon City”. Quezon City Government and C40 Cities Climate Leadership
Group.
Oct 2019 Lagonera, M., Baldo, J. & Dedicatoria, R., 2019. “Quezon City Greenhouse Gas
Inventory Management Plan”. Quezon City Government and C40 Cities Climate
Leadership Group.
May 2019 Lagonera, M., Baldo, J., Dedicatoria, R., et al. “Strategic Climate Action Planning
Appraisal Report for Quezon City, Philippines”. Quezon City Government and C40
Cities Climate Leadership Group.
2018 Lagonera, M., Dedicatoria, R., Sanghal, A., et al., 2018. “National Climate Change
Mitigation Framework Strategy & Mitigation Goal (provisional) for the Philippines”.
Climate Change Commission and United National Development Programme-
Philippines.
KEY SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS
7-13 Nov 2019 Participant & presenter, “Insights and observations on urbanization, rural-urban
migration, and globalization” at the “43rd Southeast Asia Seminar on Economic
Growth, Ecology, and Equality: Learning from Vietnam” by Kyoto University’s Center
for Southeast Asian Studies & Vietnam National University in Hanoi, Viet Nam
3-5 Apr 2019 Participant & presenter, “Rethinking Sustainable Waste Systems in Quezon City,
Philippines” at “Integrating Health into Urban Planning towards Sustainable
Development Goals in Developing Countries Workshop” at Universiti Selangor, Shah
Alam Campus, Malaysia
3 Apr 2018 Speaker, “The Economics of Renewable Energy: Co-benefits, Challenges and
Opportunities towards Sustainable and Inclusive Development” at the EcoForum 2018
at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
12 Feb 2018 Speaker, “Making Cities Resilient to Climate Change: Engagements and Lessons from
Indonesian and Philippine Cities” at the ‘Data and Innovation’ WUF9 event by ICLEI,
UNDP and UNICEF at the World Urban Forum 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
13 Oct 2017 Speaker, “The Economics of Climate Change”, Ateneo Global Climate Change Week
2017 at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
7-9 Sep 2017 Speaker, “Achieving Sustainable Cities and Communities through Low Emission
Resilient Urban Development” at the 2017 Urban Environmental Accords (UEA)
Summit in Alor Gajah City, Melaka State, Malaysia
5-6 Sep 2017 Speaker, “Building Resilient Cities through the ICLEI-ACCCRN Process: Insights from
Indonesian and Philippine Cities” at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Green Cities
Conference in Melaka City, Malaysia
3-4 Aug 2017 Resource Speaker and Facilitator, “GreenClimateCities: A Framework towards Low
Emission Urban Development” and “Navigating through ClearPath: Computing,
Completing and Analyzing Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Cities”. One Planet City
Challenge (OPCC) Training-Workshop in Karachi, Pakistan
15 Jul 2017 Judge, Most Outstanding Economic Research Paper Competition for the Young
Economists Convention at the De La Salle University, Philippines
1 Apr 2017 Speaker, “Building a Sustainable Urban Future” and Judge, “Interdisciplinary Project
Pitch”, Science and Society Summit at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
6-8 Mar 2016 Speaker, “Low Carbon Initiatives in Southeast Asian Cities” at the Asia Climate
Change Consortium (ACCC) Regional Workshop in Phintsanulok, Thailand
6-8 Feb 2016 Speaker, “Gender and Low Carbon Urban Development for a Sustainable Asia” at the
Science-Policy Dialogue on Low Carbon Development by the Asia Pacific Network,
LoCARNet, and the AIT at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
3-5 Dec 2016 Resource Speaker and Facilitator, “Tools for Community-wide GHG Management
Inventory” at the “Compact of Mayors capacity building workshop” by ICLEI SEAS and
the Cities Development Initiatives for Asia (CDIA), Ortigas, Philippines
24 Jul 2016 Key Note Speaker, “Cities, Youth and Climate Change”, World Urban Youth Meeting,
UN-Habitat PrepCom3 in Surabaya, Indonesia
Jan 2015 Presenter, “Energy Narratives and Sustainability Governance in Asian Cities” at
Erasmus Opens your Minds: An Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference at the
University of Warsaw, Poland
May 2015 Presenter, “Governing Energy Transitions in Cities: A Comparative Case Study of
Local Energy Strategies in Quezon City (Philippines) and Kyoto (Japan)” at Ateneo
Center for Asian Studies Graduate Students International Symposium at Ateneo de
Manila University, Philippines