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Christiana Figueres

@CFigueres

@OutrageOptimism co-host. Global Climate Leader. Mother. Dedicated to the protection and regeneration of our web of life. #StubbornOptimist

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We must support those who are suffering the worst effects of climate change - yet had no hand in causing it.
Pleasure to speak with Shailene Woodley and Robert D. Bullard at the yesterday about how an equitable transition is possible and so needed.…

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🌍NEW EPISODE Special🌍The unedited conversation btw @cfigueres Isabel Cavelier & Xiye Bastida (you may have heard snippets of this rich conversation in our recent miniseries )
🎧 bit.ly/3Uq8MKe or wherever you get your podcasts

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I joined Tortoise team on The News Meeting podcast to talk about the Dubai floods, Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban & more. Listen here:
tortoisemedia.com/audio/christia…

I joined @tortoise team on The News Meeting podcast to talk about the Dubai floods, Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban & more. Listen here: tortoisemedia.com/audio/christia…
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Deep respect and admiration Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, recognized as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2024. Congratulations! 
I was delighted to write a few words about her work for TIME. time.com/6965185/marina…

Deep respect and admiration @MarinaSilva, Brazil's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, recognized as one of @TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2024. Congratulations!  I was delighted to write a few words about her work for TIME. time.com/6965185/marina…
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Realising the Paris Agreement means the so-called 'hard-to-abate' sectors 'have-to-abate'. The @MPPIndustry’s new is live and demonstrates that industrial decarbonisation has started but needs to accelerate to meet 2030 targets.
tracker.missionpossiblepartnership.org

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We must wake up to the fact that if any one part of our global ecosystem is supported, it supports us all. If it is harmed, it harms us all.
I've added my name to this open letter calling on leaders to: Triple the Investment. End crippling debt. Make polluters pay.

We must wake up to the fact that if any one part of our global ecosystem is supported, it supports us all. If it is harmed, it harms us all. I've added my name to this open letter calling on #G20 leaders to: Triple the Investment. End crippling debt. Make polluters pay. #DearG20…
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Why is there such disconnect between what we say we want and what we are willing to do to make it happen? It's not due to a lack of intellectual understanding. It's a lack of 'gut understanding' - moving from thinking to fully feeling, embodying what we know, and acting…

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Mother Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years. She was perfectly happy before we got here, and she will be perfectly happy if we’re ever foolish enough to pull the ejector seat and leave.

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Gratitude to Krista Tippett for sharing so deeply and meaningfully in this conversation 🙏 I'm an avid listener of her podcast The On Being Project and it was a great pleasure to interview her this time.

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“In our own bodies we call it cancer.” We must free ourselves from thinking growth in itself is good.
Catch more from Kate Raworth (and many other incredible guests) in our recent miniseries  .
Wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

“In our own bodies we call it cancer.” We must free ourselves from thinking growth in itself is good. Catch more from @KateRaworth (and many other incredible guests) in our recent miniseries #OurStoryOfNature. Wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 #doughnuteconomics #postgrowth
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Costa Rica, once home to rampant logging, has now almost doubled the size of its rainforest. They turned it all around within a generation. It can be done.

Protect people and the planet.

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We welcomed a fellow optimist Hannah Ritchie to the podcast this week. She asserts that there is fundamental data that proves that a sustainable world possible - not guaranteed, but possible. I absolutely agree.

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Out now: Christiana Figueres presents a bold and utterly necessary call-to-action for our present and future.
With Paul Polman on the How To Academy podcast. Listen now:
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/diplo…

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The very same interaction, the very same experience can be either mundane or spiritual. The only difference is how we choose to live it.

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⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ How should we raise children in these times? Should it be compulsory for leaders to learn about biodiversity? How do we communicate to inspire climate action, while acknowledging grief?
Your questions answered.
🎧bit.ly/3TIhRh5

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ICYMI: We awarded the 🎖️ to Christiana Figueres last night.💙 A leader on global climate change, she is credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy that led to the historic Paris Agreement of 2015.

Watch the full address here: thersa.co/3T7K5QQ

ICYMI: We awarded the #AlbertMedal🎖️ to @CFigueres last night.💙 A leader on global climate change, she is credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy that led to the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. Watch the full address here: thersa.co/3T7K5QQ
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The only guarantee we have around 1.5C is that giving up on it now means we lose this critical chance to rectify our course, with severe consequences for all. is a key moment: Azerbaijan must be the anchor for 1.5C. My piece in The New Statesman
newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…

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