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Christiana Figueres

Costa Rican diplomat engaged in UN · Costa Rica · Politicians · Born 1956 · age 70

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Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen.

A life in dates

2023BBC 100 WomenAward2020“Whatever we hold as being possible, and whatever values and principles we live by, determine the actions that we take.”In their wordsInterview with The Guardian (2020)

“Educating young women and empowering women to come to decision-making tables is the strongest thing that we can do for the climate.”In their wordsInterview with The Guardian (2020)

“We are now at the most critical crossroads in the history of humanity.”In their wordsInterview with NPR (2020)

“On my first press conference, a journalist asked...Ms. Figueres, do you think that a global agreement is ever going to be possible?”In their wordsInterview with NPR (2020)

“I have to change my attitude first. And then, I have to figure out how to be contagious about that.”In their wordsInterview with NPR (2020)

2019Dan David PrizeAwardEdinburgh MedalAward2018Four Freedoms Award - Freedom MedalAward2015Nature's 10Award2010Named Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC SecretariatOffice1 January 2010 to 1 January 20161956Born7 August 1956

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Figueres with Ban Ki-Moon at the Cancun conferenceFigueres with Ban Ki-Moon at the Cancun conferenceAdoption of the Paris agreementAdoption of the Paris agreementChristiana Figueres at Stockholm Resilience Centre for Mission 2020Christiana Figueres at Stockholm Resilience Centre for Mission 2020

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  1. We have the capital, the technology, the policies. And we have the scientific knowledge to understand that we have to half our emissions by 2030.

    2030, Interview with The Guardian (2020), Own words

  2. We struggled for years to be able to bring all of these nature-based issues together.

    2022, Interview (2022), Own words

  3. Whatever we hold as being possible, and whatever values and principles we live by, determine the actions that we take.

    2020, Interview with The Guardian (2020), Own words

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BBC 100 Women2023
Edinburgh Medal2019
Dan David Prize2019
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal2018
Nature's 102015
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorary Doctorate of Concordia University
Honorary Doctor of Georgetown University
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

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Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. During the next six years she worked to rebuild the global climate change negotiating process, leading to the 2015 Paris Agreement, widely recognized as a historic achievement.

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Costa Rica
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70

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