--- description: Find out why Teresa Ribera is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. title: Teresa Ribera: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt084fe84096c894ef/6998c5ca1f67092c05f564b8/time100-2025-teresa-ribera.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Teresa Ribera ## Video: TIME100 2025 | See Every Honoree [Watch (HLS stream): TIME100 2025 | See Every Honoree](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6HpL33vZ.m3u8) (3:55)  _Published 2025-04-16. See every 2025 TIME100 honoree._ by Inger Andersen  MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 06: The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, during the meeting 'Consolidating the European Green Agenda', at the Ateneo de Madrid, on May 6, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Renovables Foundation has convened this meeting in the face of anti-climate policy movements in Europe, to defend and promote the European Green Pact. (Photo By Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images) MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 06: The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, during the meeting 'Consolidating the European Green Agenda', at the Ateneo de Madrid, on May 6, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Renovables Foundation has convened this meeting in the face of anti-climate policy movements in Europe, to defend and promote the European Green Pact. (Photo By Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images)Ricardo Rubio—Europa Press/Getty Images The science is clear: unless we act, and act fast, the world will miss our opportunity to effectively combat climate change. Europe is already feeling the impacts of a rapidly warming world. From deadly heat waves to devastating floods, economies and livelihoods are under threat as the Continent is warming faster than anywhere else in the world. Leadership has never been more important—or more complex to navigate in such turbulent times. European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera is a leader who not only deeply understands these challenges, but also understands how to unite people during challenging times. I have sat beside her in negotiations and seen her sharp focus on ambitious solutions that benefit people and planet. A Europe with a vibrant green economy, boosting jobs at home and abroad, benefits not only Europe but also the world. If anyone can usher in a clean, just transition that [addresses climate change](https://time.com/7172560/teresa-ribera/ "undefined") and makes Europe competitive in a fractured world, it is Teresa Ribera. _Andersen is executive director of the U.N. 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