Internationally recognized leader on global climate change. Formerly, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Assuming responsibility for the international climate change negotiations after the failed Copenhagen conference of 2009, was determined to lead the process to a universally agreed regulatory framework. Throughout tenure, brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, financial institutions and communities of faith, think tanks and technology providers, NGOs and parliamentarians to jointly deliver the unprecedented climate change agreement. For this achievement, has been credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy.

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持続可能な開発インパクトサミット2020

4 ways for companies to take effective climate action

Taking climate action is good for the planet, society and the corporate bottom-line. Plain and simple.

2020年09月21日

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What if we did everything right? This is what the world could look like in 2050

This is an extract from the World Economic Forum's Book Club pick for March 2020: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. Join our Book Club to discuss.

2020年03月11日

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Climate change is speeding up. Our response needs to be even faster

The race is on. This northern summer’s deadly, record-breaking heatwaves and wildfires leave us in no doubt that the impacts of global warming are accelerating, in many cases much faster ...

2018年09月07日

環境と資源の安全保障

3 signs that the world is already fighting back against climate change

In 2016, after decades of painstaking work to deliver environmental progress based on government and corporate cooperation, we saw important political shifts in the world. The shocks of B...

2017年01月11日

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A new age of air travel is dawning. And it's green

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, demand for air travel is growing, with more than 30,000 new large aircraft expected to take to the skies in the next few years. But if we...

2016年10月10日

国際安全保障

Towards peace and security: priorities for the next UN Secretary-General

Over the past year we have been celebrating 70 years of the United Nations and indeed, there is much to be proud of and grateful for. Over the past year alone, Member States adopted an am...

2016年08月04日

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How can we fast-track climate action?

Last December in Paris, world leaders came together to agree on a set of goals and pathways for decarbonizing the global economy and increasing our capacity to adapt to climate change. It...

2016年03月29日