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Alex Parigot, Ph.D. (candidate)


Department of Political Science
International Relations

Education

Ph.D. Candidate UCAM. Spain: Law Pathways to Transnational Compliance.
Master's Diploma Internacional Law & Business, UCAM. Spain.
MBE in Environmental Management, COPPE. Brazil.
J.D. in Law, Pontifical Catholic University. Brazil.

Research Interests

  • Political participation, government affairs, and environmental governance in the context of global democratic and geopolitical sustainability challenges.
  • How international cooperation, regulatory frameworks, and corporate accountability shape climate policy and energy transition.
  • Contribution to the reconstruction of global governance and geopolitical mechanisms for enforcing environmental judgments in the Anthropocene.
  • Bridging corporate practice, academia, and government affairs within the global governance landscape.

Publications and Media Placements

Contribution to collective books

Parigot, A., et al. (2010). Real estate business in urban greenfields: Issues, theories, and instruments inherent to the environmental legalization project. Fórum.

Parigot, A., et al. (2009). Environmental advocacy: Security for entrepreneurship - Environmental law in relation to the environmental legal process. Lumenjuris.

Parigot, A., et al. (2008). Environmental permits and their legal efficiency in corporate relations. Fiuza.

Parigot, A., et al. (2005). Environmental law and environmental management systems: Developing the entire system (Vols. I-X). IBC.

Conference Papers and Academic Presentations

(2024). Are crypto assets leaving an unsustainable footprint? The Energy Madrid.

(2022). Banks and environment: The beginning of ESG (LinkedIn). Madrid.

(2021). Global trade on blockchain: Carbon footprint, hazmate. UCAM. Madrid.

(2016). Climate change and engineering: The cycle path disaster. O Globo. Rio.

(2009). National hydroelectric power generation meeting. Viex. São Paulo.

(2009). 1st Congress on waste co-processing in cement kilns. Caja. São Paulo.

(2007). Natural gas and Latam energy supply. IBC. Buenos Aires.

(2007). 9th ENERCON: Environmental aspects of project finance. IBC. São Paulo.

(2007). Climate change effects / global business. IFRLY. Barcelona.

(2006). 12th Environmental Regulations Meeting of Latin America. IBC. La Paz.

Honors and Awards

BestLawyers®: Offshore Law (2022 to 2024)
BestLawyers®: Corporate Law and M&A (2020 to 2024)
BestLawyers®: Government Practice | Regulatory Law (2020 to 2023)

Community Work and Service

Crypto Climate Accord Crypto Climate Accord

Invited Volunteer at the Crypto Climate Accord (CCA) 2021, a private sector initiative inspired by the Paris Agreement that aims to accelerate the decarbonization of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Its goal is to achieve net-zero emissions from electricity consumption by 2040, with intermediate targets of reaching net-zero by 2030 and promoting 100% renewable-powered blockchains by COP30 (2025).