Bolivia & the Global Fight Against Climate Change
In the past year, the Bolivian government has emerged as an outspoken critic of climate change policies.
Member in the News: Christiana Figueres
UNclimatechange / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 DEED
Christiana Figueres, Inter-American Dialogue member and Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is part of the BBC's 100 Women 2023. The list includes inspiring and influential women from around the world.
BCC highlights Figueres for her career as a diplomat and climate negotiator.
"Thanks in part to her work, almost 200 parties signed the landmark 2015 Paris agreement - an international treaty that sets the commitment to keep the rise in mean global temperature to "well below" 2.0 C° above pre-industrial levels."
Christiana Figueres is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
READ MORE HERE.
Related Links
- The United States and Central America: Diplomacy and Cooperation at Work, A View from the Ground
- Member in the News: Christiana Figueres
- Member in the News: Christiana Figueres
Suggested Content
Is Latin America Ready to Cope with Climate Change?
As global temperatures continue to rise with the global community stalled on any way to stop them, countries must prepare to adapt to increasingly volatile environmental conditions.
Climate Change & Latin America
In December, world leaders will travel to Lima, Peru to participate in United Nations COP 20 talks.