The Future We Choose

Hosted by Paul Barclay (Radio National), Talks and Ideas presents powerful conversations with inspiring authors and ideas-makers.

Join former U.N. Secretary Christiana Figueres for a bold conversation on climate change, as informed by her series of interviews with climate leaders.

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010 – 2016.

During her tenure at the UNFCCC, Ms. Figueres brought together national and sub-national governments, corporations and activists, financial institutions and NGOs to jointly deliver the historic Paris Agreement on climate change, in which 195 sovereign nations agreed on a collaborative path forward to limit future global warming to well below 2°C, and strive for 1.5°C in order to protect the most vulnerable. For this achievement Ms. Figueres has been credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy, for which she has received multiple awards.

Since then Ms. Figueres has continued to serve her one and only boss, the global atmosphere. She sits on multiple boards and is a founding partner of Global Optimism Ltd., a purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change. She convenes Mission 2020 and co-chairs the Global Covenant of Mayors.

She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the London School of Economics. She lives in Costa Rica and has two fantastic daughters.

Talks and Ideas is presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts in association with Griffith University

This event is part of the OUT LOUD Festival. 

Registration and pre-payment is essential. Tickets can be purchased through the HOTA website.