--- title: Christiana Figueres | TIME description: Figueres was executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.” canonical: https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Christiana Figueres ## Christiana Figueres _Figueres was executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, is the co-founder of_[ _Global Optimism_](https://globaloptimism.com/)_, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “_[_The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis_](https://www.amazon.com/Future-We-Choose-Surviving-Climate-ebook/dp/B07Y7HZLX8)_.”_ ## Christiana Figueres *  Jan 20, 2022 ### [Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract](https://time.com/6140430/climate-change-trust/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 22, 2020 ### [How the World Will Look in 2050 if We Don't Tackle Climate Change](https://time.com/5824295/climate-change-future-possibilities/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 3, 2017 ### [The U.S. Will Lose Power](https://time.com/4804073/donald-trump-kofi-annan-christiana-figueres-paris-climate-change/) Pulling out of Paris Agreement will have grave diplomatic consequences [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 31, 2017 ### [The Air Is Making Us Sick, But We Could Fix It](https://time.com/4798346/climate-change-paris-air-pollution/) The Paris Agreement diplomat writes: 'The health of our people and our climate are inextricably link... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/","name":"Christiana Figueres"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/"},"name":"Christiana Figueres","jobTitle":null,"description":"Figueres was executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016, is the co-founder of Global Optimism, co-host of the podcast “Outrage & Optimism” and is the co-author of the recently published book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.”","url":"https://time.com/author/christiana-figueres/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```