Christiana Figueres

Climate Negotiator and Diplomat

Christiana Figueres is a Colombian diplomat who served as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016. She played a key role in negotiating the Paris Agreement and is credited with helping to secure the historic accord. Figueres has also worked as a climate change advisor to governments and has written extensively on the topic. She is known for her a...