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Bookmark or Share- Christiana FigueresChristiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy.
- Former Executive Secretary | UNFCCCChristiana Figueres was appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2010, and was reappointed for a second three year term in July 2013. Ms. Figueres has been involved in climate change negotiations since 1995.
- Christiana Figueres: The inside story of the Paris climate agreement ...When Christiana Figueres was tapped by the UN to lead the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December 2015, she reacted the way many people would: she thought it would be impossible to bring the leaders of 195 countries into agreement on how to slow climate change. Find out how she turned her skepticism into optimism -- and helped the world ...
- 'It's not about saving the planet': Christiana Figueres on COP26 ...Christiana Figueres has, on multiple occasions, been referred to as 'the woman who saved the planet'. Remarks like these come from her role in the monumental success of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
- How Christiana Figueres Saved the Planet | Scientific AmericanOne could argue that Christiana Figueres, a 61-year-old Costa Rican diplomat, warded off global catastrophe. As former chief of the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change, she ...
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