Source: Finding optimism in outrage
| Christiana Figueres on decarbonisation, greed, and finding optimism |
Clean energy is like a giant boulder that’s already reached its tipping point and is now rolling downhill toward a greener future. It’s got millions of hands on it, from individuals to some of the biggest countries, cities, and companies in the world. It could still be slowed by actions of governments and corporations—delays that will have serious consequences for people and planet alike—but it can’t be stopped. Gravity, history, and progress are on our side.
| This week I am so happy to have Christiana Figueres as my guest editor. Christiana is the former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the most indominable and tenacious advocate for climate action I know. For decades, she’s faced down ministers and presidents, fossil fuel lobbyists and obstructionists on her path to securing the historic Paris Agreement. COP29, the next big UNFCCC meeting, kicks off this coming Monday. Given the implications of the US election last week for climate and nature, I feel we all need to take a leaf from her book—myself included. |
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