Danae Hernandez Cortes is a Ph.D. student in Economics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Economics from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) at Mexico City. Her research interests include environmental and natural resource economics. Danae’s current research examines the vulnerability and adaptation to Climate Change in agriculture. Specifically, she analyzes the impact of extreme weather events on rural welfare in Mexico as well as the farmers’ adaptation strategies to cope with the consequences of Climate Change.