The Future of the Climate Movement

Christiana Figueres, chief negotiator of the Paris climate agreement, opens a special four-part series about women environmental leaders.

Episode 1 of the The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO) podcast, hosted by Foreign Policy magazine, titled "The Future of the Climate Movement" was published on March 4, 2026 and runs 32 minutes.

March 4, 2026 ·32m · The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women (HERO)

Summary

We begin our newest season, all about women on the frontlines of the climate crisis, with Christiana Figueres. She served as the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In 2015, Figueres led the process that secured the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change, where 195 nations agreed to limit future global warming.  Currently, Christiana Figueres leads a nonprofit called Global Optimism, which she launched with her fellow Paris negotiator Tom Rivett-Carnac. They also wrote a book together, The Future We Choose, and they have a great podcast with Paul Dickinson called Outrage + Optimism, where they get to be undiplomatic about the climate crisis.  Host Zainab Salbi, also co-founder of Daughters for Earth, talks to Figueres about the current state of the climate movement. Where does Figueres think we should focus our energy at this difficult moment? And how does she reflect on the Paris Climate Agreement, a decade later?  The Hidden Economics of Remarkable Women is a podcast from Foreign Policy, supported this season by Daughters for Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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