Ivonne Serna

Ivonne Serna is a Mexican documentary filmmaker, climate policy advisor, and environmental researcher. Her recent films have been supported by The Redford Center, Alter-Ciné Foundation, and Creative Europe MEDIA, featured by PBS, and screened at festivals including Mountainfilm and Shorts México. She is also an alum of the Documentary Campus Masterschool. Ivonne has worked across climate research, conservation, and diplomacy with the United Nations Environment Programme, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society. In 2024, she served as Mexico’s lead negotiator on Just Transition and Response Measures at COP29 under the UNFCCC. Her academic research focuses on political ecology, urban adaptation, and global climate governance, with publications in Ecology and Society and a forthcoming volume on climate change and international relations with Edward Elgar Press.