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Distinguished Speaker Series

Víctor Lichtinger
Former Secretary of SEMARNAT,
Mexico's Secretariat of the Environment
and Natural Resources (2000-2003)

The Speaker
Víctor Lichtinger, an environmental economist, was Secretary for Mexico’s Environment and Natural Resources Ministry (SEMARNAT) from 2000-2003. He was also the first Executive Director of the trilateral Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in Montreal. He has held several posts in public administration, all of them related to environmental issues, including as economic counselor representing Mexico in the United Nations, and as coordinator general for natural resources and the environment at Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, where he coordinated the Mexican positions at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Mr. Lichtinger has worked as an independent consultant on environmental issues for the public and private sectors both in Mexico and internationally. He is the author of the book Environmental Diplomacy and coauthor of Mexico 2030. Lichtinger obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics at the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Xochimilco (Mexico City) and his master’s degree in economics at Stanford University, where he also undertook doctoral studies in agricultural economics and natural resources.

The Distinguished Speakers Series is designed to bring San Diego community leaders and the Center closer together through programming on current issues in Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations. Financial support for the Series comes from the Center Circle. The Series is open to all members of the UCSD community as well as to faculty and students form other universities and the general public. Parking permits can be purchased at UCSD’s information booths. Metered parking is available in the Pangea parking structure.

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