Draft:Ernesto, Sánchez-Triana

Ernesto Sánchez-Triana is a researcher and economist specializing in environmental and infrastructure economics, notable for his work with the World Bank. He has made contributions to the fields of environmental management, sustainable development, and infrastructure finance, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, in countries such as India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, India, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Colombia.

Education

Sánchez-Triana obtained his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of the Andes (University of the Andes (Colombia)). He then pursued an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science, an M.S. in Management Science, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, California. in Environmental Economics from [University Name]. His academic background gave him the foundation in economic theory and environmental policy, which he later applied to his research and professional endeavors.

Career

Sánchez-Triana has 35 years of experience in pollution prevention and reduction, environmental economics, circular economy, and poverty alleviation.

Before joining the World Bank, he served in several roles, including as Professor of the National University of Colombia Professor, Director of Environmental Policy at Colombia's National Planning Department,[9] and President of the Board of Directors of the Cundinamarca Environmental Protection Agency.[4] He also worked for the Inter-American Development Bank.[9]

He has led the preparation of several policy-based programs, investment projects, technical assistance operations, and analytical work[1] in over 44 countries across Eastern Asia and Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia.[4][9] He also has led the World Bank Communities of Practice on air quality management, chemicals and waste management, and circular economy,[43][44] which includes 430 specialists.

He has published in peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet Planetary Health, Atmospheric Environment, Climate and Development, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Risk Analysis, and the Journal of Cleaner Production. Sánchez-Triana has authored several publications on air quality management, chemicals management, circular economy, cleaner production, economic valuation of health effects of air pollution, environmental health, environmental policy, sustainable industrial growth, land-based pollution, and water pollution control.[1][9][38]

Sánchez-Triana has been the speaker at several events and conferences, including the CELP Summit (2021)[10] and the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (2022) at the UN Headquarters Commemoration.[7]

Work at the World Bank

At the World Bank, Sánchez-Triana has led initiatives to promote sustainable infrastructure development, enhance environmental governance, and foster conservation and resource management partnerships. He has been involved in projects spanning various sectors, including energy, transportation, water resources, and urban development.

Sánchez-Triana's work at the World Bank has focused on providing evidence-based policy recommendations and technical assistance to governments in the Latin America and Caribbean regions, helping them address environmental challenges while promoting inclusive and sustainable growth. His expertise in economic analysis, project management, and stakeholder engagement has been instrumental in advancing the Bank's environmental agenda and supporting its mission to end poverty and promote shared prosperity.

Publications

Books

• Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto; Shindell, Drew Todd; Mena Carrasco, Marcelo Andres; Enriquez, Santiago. Integrating Air Quality Management and Climate Change Mitigation: Achieving Ambitious Climate Action by Cleaning the Air We Breathe (English). Washington, D.C.: Group.[41]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto, ed. 2022. Environmental Challenges for Green Growth and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao People's Democratic Republic. © World Bank, Washington, DC.[15]
• von Stackelberg, Katherine; Williams, Pamela; Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto; Enriquez, Santiago. 2022. Recycling of Used Lead-Acid Batteries: Guidelines for Appraisal of Environmental Health Impacts. International Development in Focus; © Washington, DC.[35]
• von Stackelberg, Katherine; Williams, Pamela R.D.; Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto. 2022. Artisanal Scale Gold Mining: A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses. International Development in Focus; © Washington, DC:[36]
• Ernesto Sanchez-Triana & Santiago Enriquez & Javaid Afzal & Akiko Nakagawa & Asif Shuja Khan, 2014. Cleaning Pakistan's Air: Policy Options to Address the Cost of Outdoor Air Pollution, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, 18887, December.[28][29][30]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto, Jack Ruitenbeek, Santiago Enriquez, and Katharina Siegmann, eds. 2019. Opportunities for Environmentally Healthy, Inclusive, and Resilient Growth in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. World Bank Publications.[16]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto; Enriquez, Santiago; Larsen, Bjorn; Webster, Peter; Afzal, Javaid. 2015. Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation: Confronting Environmental Threats in Sindh. Pakistan. Directions in Development--Environment and Sustainable Development; © Washington, DC: World Bank.[18][19]
• Ernesto Sánchez-Triana & Dan Biller & Ijaz Nabi & Leonard Ortolano & Ghazal Dezfuli & Javaid Afzal & Santiago Enriquez, 2014. Revitalizing Industrial Growth in Pakistan: Trade, Infrastructure, and Environmental Performance, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, 19022, December.[28]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto & Javaid Afzal & Dan Biller & Sohail Malik, 2013. Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms: Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, 15798, December.[21][22][28][31]
• Kulsum Ahmed & Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, 2008. Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies: An Instrument for Good Governance, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6461, December.[26][32]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto & Kulsum Ahmed & Yewande Awe, 2007. Environmental Priorities and Poverty Reduction: A Country Environmental Analysis for Colombia, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6700, December.[23][32][33]
• Sánchez-Triana, E. 7 Carlos Silva. 1996. Energy Efficiency; Clean Production for Sustainable Development. Ediciones FESCOL.
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto. 1995. Environmental Licenses: Environmental Impact Assessment as a Planning Tool. Tercer Mundo Eds.
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto & Eduardo Uribe. 1994. Industrial Pollution in Colombia. Tercer Mundo eds. Bogotá.[34]

Journals

• Von Stackelberg, Katherine, Pamela RD Williams, and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana.2021. A Systematic Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Analyses of Health Impacts from Land-Based Pollution in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9: 4676. doi.10.3390/ijerph18094676[12]
• Fuller R., L. Landrigan,…,E. Sanchez-Triana, E, and others. (2022) Pollution and Health. A Progress Update. Lancet Planet Health. 2022;6:e535–e547. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00090-0
• Williams, Pamela RD, Katherine von Stackelberg, Mayra Gabriela Guerra Lopez, and Ernesto Sanchez‐Triana. 2021. Risk Analysis Approaches to Evaluating Health Impacts from Land‐Based Pollution in Low‐and Middle‐Income Countries. Risk Analysis 41, no. 11: 1971-1986.
• Alvarado J, Matthew; McVey E, Amy; Hegarty D, Jennifer; Cross S, Eben; Hasenkopf A, Christa; Lynch, Richard; Kennelly J, Edward; Onasch B, Timothy; Awe, Yewande; Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto; Kleiman, G. 2019. Evaluating the Use of Satellite Observations to Supplement Ground-Level Air Quality Data in Selected Cities in Low-and Middle-Income Countries. Atmospheric Environment 218: 117016. doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117016
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto, Leonard Ortolano, and Tapas Paul. 2018. Managing water-related risks in the West Bengal Sundarbans: policy alternatives and institutions. International Journal of Water Resources Development 34.1, Pages 78-96.[24]
• Ortolano, Leonard, Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, and Shakil Ahmed Ferdausi. 2017. Strategy for adapting to climate change and conserving biodiversity in the Bangladesh Sundarbans. Climate and Development 9, no. 4, Pages 325-336.[25]
• Ortolano, L., Sánchez-Triana, E.  Paul, T., and  Ferdausi, S. 2016). Managing the Sundarbans region: opportunities for mutual gain by India and Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 2016 15:1, 16-31
• Biller, D., and E. Sánchez-Triana. 2013. Enlisting Markets in the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in South Asia's Sundarbans. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (IJSESD) 4 (3): 71–86.
• Ortolano, Leonard, Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Javaid Afzal, Chaudhary Laiq Ali, Susan A. Rebellón. 2014. Cleaner production in Pakistan's leather and textile sectors. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 68, Pages 121-129,
• Sánchez-Triana, E., and S. Enriquez. 2007. Using Policy-based Strategic Environmental Assessments in Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reforms. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 25 (3): 175–87.
• Sánchez-Triana, E., and L. Ortolano. 2005. Influence of Organizational Learning on Water Pollution Control. International Journal of Water Resources Development 21 (3): 493–508. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.015.[20]
• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto and Leonard Ortolano. 2001. Organizational learning and environmental impact assessment at Colombia's Cauca Valley Corporation. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 223-239. doi.10.1016/S0195-9255(01)00074-9.[27]

Research Papers

• Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto, B. Larsen, S. Enriquez, A. Santos 2022. Estimating the Health Effects of Ambient PM2.5 Air Pollution in Developing Countries. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Edited by Hank Shugart et al. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.559 [11]
• Santos, Andreia, Thiago Hérick de Sá, Michael Oliver Hinsch, Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto and Jeremy A Lauer. 2022. Expanding Health Taxation to Other Unhealthy Behaviors and Harmful Activities. doi.org/10.1142/9781800612396_0008 [39][40]
• Enriquez, Santiago; Sanchez-Triana, E; Guerra Lopez, Mayra Gabriela. 2021. Economic Instruments and Financial Mechanisms for the Adoption of a Circular Economy. In L. Liu and S. Ramakrishna (eds.), An Introduction to Circular Economy, Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8510-4_23
• Thurston, George; Awe, Yewande; Ostro, Bart; Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto. 2021. Are All Air Pollution Particles Equal? How Constituents and Sources of Fine Air Pollution Particles (PM2.5) Affect Health. World Bank, Washington, DC.[13]
• Ostro, Bart; Awe, Yewande; Sánchez-Triana, Ernesto. 2021. When the Dust Settles: A Review of the Health Implications of the Dust Component of Air Pollution. World Bank, Washington, DC.[14]
• Enriquez, Santiago, Bjorn Larsen, and Ernesto Sánchez-Triana. 2018. Local Environmental Externalities due to Energy Price Subsidies: A Focus on Air Pollution and Health-Economy and Environment. No. 128033. The World Bank.[17]
• Sanchez-Triana, Ernesto and Scandizzo, Lucio (2015) Rent seeking and institutional entrepreneurship at Colombia's Cauca Valley Corporation. Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) Third Annual Conference Fiscal Policies and the Green Economy Transition: Generating Knowledge – Creating Impact 29-30 January 2015 Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy.[38]
• Sánchez-Triana Ernesto, and Urrutia, Carolina (2006) Environmental Degradation, Chapter 19 in Fretes-Cibils V, Giugale M and C Luff (Eds.) Bolivia: Public Policy Options for the Wellbeing of All, The International Bank for Reconstruction & The World Bank, Washington D.C., p. 421.
• Sánchez-Triana., E. Awe, Y (2005) Environmental Degradation and Environmental Health Policy in Peru. 2005. In An Opportunity for a Different Peru, edited by M. Giugate, V. Fretes-Cibils, and J. Newman. Washington, DC: World Bank.