--- description: Tubiana is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation and France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, and as such a key architect of the landmark Paris Agreement. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Laurence Tubiana ## Laurence Tubiana Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Tubiana is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation and France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, and as such a key architect of the landmark Paris Agreement. ## Laurence Tubiana Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jun 18, 2025 ### [Column: Time to Boost Climate Action As Costs Rise](https://time.com/7295658/countries-must-boost-climate-ambition/) Countries may be working towards their Paris Agreement goals, but the world isn't moving fast enough... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Jan 16, 2024 ### [2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action](https://time.com/6556171/2024-climate-action/) Five steps to move the world forward on fighting climate change in 2024. [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/lawrence-tubiana/","name":"Laurence Tubiana"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lawrence-tubiana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lawrence-tubiana/"},"name":"Laurence Tubiana","jobTitle":null,"description":"Tubiana is the CEO of the European Climate Foundation and France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, and as such a key architect of the landmark Paris Agreement.","url":"https://time.com/author/lawrence-tubiana/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```