We will move to a low-carbon world because nature will force us, or because policy will guide us. If we wait until nature forces us, the cost will be…

- Christiana Figueres

This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change t…

- Christiana Figueres

Think global, act local.

- Christiana Figueres

Second, I believe in human ingenuity – that when we decide on a task to be done, no matter how daunting it may seem at the beginning, we are able to …

- Christiana Figueres

Quite frankly, there is no answer to climate change without substantially, dramatically, increasing the amount of renewable energy in the global ener…

- Christiana Figueres

We have to get to the point where each individual, each corporation, each community chooses low carbon, because it makes fundamental sense. It should…

- Christiana Figueres

When you have a vision of where you need to go, it sounds utopian. But when you get to the tipping point, your understanding switches.

- Christiana Figueres

We cannot ask others to do what we have not done ourselves.

- Christiana Figueres

I still do not understand why we don't have people on the streets every single day raising their voices for climate.

- Christiana Figueres