Master's, Anthropology, London School of Economics; Certificate in Organizational Development, Georgetown University. 1982, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Costa Rica, Bonn, Germany; 1987-88, Director, International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning, Costa Rica; 1988-90, Chief of Staff to Minister of Agriculture; 1994-96, Director, Technical Secretariat, Renewable Energy in Americas; 1995, founded Center for Sustainable Development of the Americas, a non-profit think tank for climate change policy and capacity building; served as Director until 2003; 2008-09, Vice-President, Bureau of the Conference of Parties; adviser to private sector on how to play leadership role in mitigation. Since May 2010, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Former member, several boards of non-governmental organizations involved in climate change issues, including Voluntary Carbon Standard. Author on design of climate solutions.
As we have been rudely reminded this summer, there is no more room in the atmosphere for our carbon pollution. From 2020, annual global greenhouse gas emissions need to be half of what th...
2016 was undoubtedly a tumultuous year, but there are reasons to believe that significant progress is being made in the fight against climate change, says Christiana Figueres.
A new, aviation-specific, climate agreement is aiming to cap net emissions at 2020 levels.
When the new UN secretary-general takes office, they'll have the task of reforming the organization so it can deal with 21st-century challenges, says one of the candidates for the job.
Achim Steiner and Christiana Figueres on why the Paris Agreement, although a landmark achievement, was just the beginning.
