Allison Woolverton joined the Dialogue as an Spring 2022 intern on the Energy, Climate Change, and Extractive Industries team. She is a masters student at George Washington University, studying Environmental Resource Policy. She has worked as an environmental organizer, advocating for communities impacted by petrochemical and fossil fuel industries in her native south Louisiana. Woolverton got her B.A in Political Economy and Spanish from Tulane University in 2019. After graduating, she worked with migrants and refugees on the US-Mexico border and in Quito, Ecuador, where she interned with UNHCR. Woolverton is excited to work at the Dialogue, at the intersection of her passion for Latin America and environmental justice.
This report, informed by the Dialogue’s Task Force on Climate Change in the Northern Triangle, complements the recommendations of the previous report in the series, on themes such as agriculture, water, energy, and finance, with strategic recommendations for US assistance to foster effective and sustainable adaptation, especially through empowering local leadership.
On May 4 and 5, a delegation of task force members traveled to DC to share their insights and recommendations with officials from various US government entities.
