Christiana Figueres

Christiana Figueres was Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016 and the driving force behind the most significant climate agreement in history, the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

Together with Tom Rivett-Carnac, they are co-founders of Global Optimism, an organisation whose primary aim is to bring about environmental and social change. They work closely with key climate campaigners, including Greta Thunberg, Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jane Goodall and David Attenborough.