--- title: How We Chose the 100 Most Influential People in Climate description: The third annual TIME100 Climate list of 2025 identifies 100 leaders driving measurable, successful, and equitable business climate action. canonical: https://time.com/7329031/how-we-chose-time-100-climate-2025/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-30T11:30:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-11T00:28:33.121Z article:section: Climate og:title: How We Chose the 100 Most Influential People in Climate og:description: The third annual TIME100 Climate list of 2025 identifies 100 leaders driving measurable, successful, and equitable business climate action og:url: https://time.com/7329031/how-we-chose-time-100-climate-2025/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17ed87102ba3d2a3/6998cb1f93610c8e98c301e7/time-climate-2025-how-chose.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: time-climate-2025-how-chose og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How We Chose the 100 Most Influential People in Climate twitter:description: The third annual TIME100 Climate list of 2025 identifies 100 leaders driving measurable, successful, and equitable business climate action twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17ed87102ba3d2a3/6998cb1f93610c8e98c301e7/time-climate-2025-how-chose.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How We Chose the 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders of 2025 > Sponsored content. 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Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 30, 2025 11:30 AM UTC  Artwork by Michael Papadakis by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 30, 2025 11:30 AM UTC As the U.S. has [backed](https://time.com/7306966/epa-endangerment-finding-industry-impact/) away in 2025 from using legislation to tackle the climate crisis, business leaders globally have pushed forward to attempt to fill the gaps. It’s a theme that proves inescapable in this year’s [TIME100 Climate](http://time.com/collections/time-100-climate-2025/), our list of influential leaders driving business climate action. Around the world, decision-makers, executives, researchers, and innovators are working to help unlock the necessary funding and resources needed for successful and equitable climate action. 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[_Click here to buy your copy of this issue_](https://magazineshop.us/climate25) To identify this year’s changemakers, TIME’s editors spent months vetting names from across sectors. We valued measurable, scalable achievements over commitments and announcements. We favored more recent action. The result is our third annual TIME100 Climate list. These 100 people represent the power of individuals to make significant progress in influencing the climate economy. We asked them to talk about it, hoping their words will stir others to do the same. 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