Christiana Figueres
Wednesday, 12 Jan 2022 18:00 pm
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- Figueres is a global leader in the fight against climate change, and is best known as being one of the key players in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
- She is founder of the Global Optimism group and the author of The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis, which she published in 2020.
- In 2010, she was appointed the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- Figueres was inducted into Earth Hall of Fame in Kyoto, Japan, in 2019, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for her work in climate justice.
- In January 2021, she joined the board of directors of plant-based protein company Impossible Foods.