About this episode

The episode features an interview with Christiana Figueres discussing the current state of the climate movement and reflections on the Paris Agreement.

We begin our newest season, all about women on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with Christiana Figueres. She served as the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 2015, Figueres led the process that secured the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change, where 195 nations agreed to limit future global warming. Currently, Christiana Figueres leads a nonprofit called Global Optimism, which she launched with her fellow Paris negotiator Tom Rivett-Carnac. They also wrote a book together, The Future We Choose, and they have a great podcast with Paul Dickinson called Outrage + Optimism, where they get to be undiplomatic about the climate crisis. Host Zainab Salbi, also co-founder of Daughters for Earth, talks to Figueres about the current state of the climate movement. Where does Figueres think we should focus our energy at this difficult moment? And how does she reflect on the Paris Climate Agreement, a decade later? The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is a podcast from Foreign Policy, supported this season by Daughters for Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Zainab Salbi

Guest: Christiana Figueres

Topics covered

• climate crisis
• women leadership
• Paris Agreement
• environmental activism
• sustainability

Keywords

• climate movement
• Christiana Figueres
• Paris Agreement
• Global Optimism
• environmental policy

Sponsors

Daughters for Earth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Optimism, Foreign Policy

Books & works: The Future We Choose, Outrage + Optimism

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