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Christiana Figueresová

born 1956

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. During the next six years she worked to rebuild the global climate change negotiating process, leading to the 2015 Paris Agreement, widely recognized as a historic achievement.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
August 7, 1956
San José
Citizenship

Costa Rica

Occupations & fields
diplomateconomistpoliticianclimate activistpodcaster
Awards & honours
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germanyhonorary doctorate of Concordia Universityhonorary doctor of Georgetown UniversityNature's 10Four Freedoms Award – Freedom MedalBBC 100 Women
Field and occupation
kostarická politička
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