Climate Consciousness Summit

In partnership with

In partnership with

Christiana Figueres
Former Executive Secretary | UN Climate Change Convention | Key Architect of the Paris Agreement
Drawing a Line in the Sand – 8 Years after the Paris Agreement

Highlights from this session:

Christiana speaks with great clarity and precision, emphasising the need for a balance between outrage and optimism. She highlights both the concern about the delay in decarbonisation efforts and the lack of progress, as well as the significant progress and the importance of positive news. She also speaks to how she uses suffering as a motivator for positive action and the potential for personal action in the face of suffering.

Would you like access to all interviews?

Learn more about

Christiana Figueres

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010 - 2016. During her tenure, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, women’s groups, scientists and spiritual communities, financial institutions and NGOs to jointly deliver the historic 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. 

Since then Ms. Figueres has continued to foster rapid action on climate change. She is the co-author of The Future We Choose, The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis (Penguin Random House 2019) and co-host of the popular podcast Outrage and Optimism.  She sits on the Board of ACCIONA Energía. 

She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the London School of Economics and has been awarded multiple honorary doctorate degrees from academic institutions such as Yale, University of Massachusetts, Georgetown and University of Edinburgh. After decades of living and working abroad, she has moved back to her beloved Costa Rica.

Abigael Kima
Abigael Kima
Amy Westervelt
Amy Westervelt
Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Ashanti Kunene
Ashanti Kunene
Charlie Martin
Charlie Martin
Chifundo Khokwa
Chifundo Khokwa
Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres
Deb Dana
Deb Dana
Duncan Meisel
Duncan Meisel
Francis Weller
Francis Weller
Hilde Fålun Strøm
Hilde Fålun Strøm
Immad Ahmed
Immad Ahmed
Jason Spensley
Jason Spensley
John D. Liu
John D. Liu
Jojo Mehta
Jojo Mehta
Kaluki Paul Mutuku
Kaluki Paul Mutuku
Karen O'Brien
Karen O'Brien
Katie Weintraub
Katie Weintraub
Kosha Joubert
Kosha Joubert
Lindsey Gulden
Lindsey Gulden
Lucy von Sturmer
Lucy von Sturmer
Lyla June Johnston
Lyla June Johnston
Makoma Lekalakala
Makoma Lekalakala
Mamta Borgoyary
Mamta Borgoyary
Maria Serra
Maria Serra
Matthew Green
Matthew Green
Melinda Janki
Melinda Janki
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Sarah Queblatin
Sarah Queblatin
Sonita Mbah
Sonita Mbah
Steffi Bednarek
Steffi Bednarek
Thomas Hübl
Thomas Hübl
Tzeporah Berman
Tzeporah Berman
Xiye Bastida
Xiye Bastida
Zonne Groenberg
Zonne Groenberg