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London calling: Figueres dives back into climate after UN bid
Architect of Paris climate deal plans to mobilise green finance with city mayors, bankers and philanthropists
Legal gaps and US election could delay climate ambition before Glasgow summit
UN says some countries will only submit climate action plans in the last quarter of 2020, giving less time than hoped to take stock before Cop26
Christiana Figueres places ‘hope’ at centre of UN pitch
Buoyed from the success of the Paris climate agreement, Costa Rican diplomat aims for New York top job
Christiana Figueres launches UN secretary general bid
Costa Rican says she will keep vow to protect world’s most vulnerable if she is appointed to New York post later this year
Christiana Figueres set for UN secretary general race
Costa Rican diplomat is expected to formally announce her candidacy after stepping down from the UN climate body on 6 July
Christiana Figueres: Protecting the vulnerable is my priority
Outgoing UN climate chief talks ‘project smile’, women’s rights, Donald Trump and her belief the world will avoid 1.5C warming
Christiana Figueres: Impossible is not a fact, it is an attitude
‘I know that it is precisely at the points of greatest human need, that we can and must all rise to our highest sense of purpose. I have no doubt that together we will’
Paris climate change pact to come into effect ‘by 2018’
NEWS: UN’s outgoing climate chief says late change to text means agreement could be enforced well before 2020, raising hopes world can avoid dangerous climate change
Christiana Figueres to leave UN climate change role
NEWS: UN’s chief climate diplomat and key player in Paris agreement says she will step down in July
Shift beyond oil ‘unstoppable’ post Paris, says UN climate chief
INTERVIEW: With Middle Eastern governments accepting hydrocarbons’ days are numbered, Christiana Figueres says progress on decarbonising economy is inevitable
Walking tall: Expect tears as UN climate chief eyes Paris prize
PROFILE: Christiana Figueres has led the UN’s climate body for five turbulent years – and finally the diminutive Costa Rican has a global deal in her sights
Carbon c-Reddit: UN climate chief takes on internet
BLOG: Christiana Figueres participates in Ask Me Anything on online forum as focus on Paris summit builds
No secret Paris climate deal in making, stresses Tubiana
NEWS: Plan B does not exist says France’s top climate diplomat, urging envoys to accelerate work on new text for global pact
Christiana Figueres: We need a climate deal for the people of Guiuan
COMMENT: UN climate chief says recent visit to typhoon-hit Philippines demonstrates why a deal to curb global warming in Paris is essential
Figueres: small island leadership vital for climate fight
SPEECH: UN climate chief tells small island states to set ambitious clean energy goals
WHO urges action on climate change to protect health
NEWS: First ever global climate and health conference highlights twin benefits of action on air pollution
China and US presidents to attend Ban Ki-moon climate summit
NEWS: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping are on “a very long list” of leaders signed up, says UN climate chief
UN outlines criteria for 2015 climate deal pledges
NEWS: Guidelines for national contributions presented as countries start to formulate draft agreement
UN to back Pope Francis statement on ‘human ecology’
NEWS: UN will support Pope Francis’ expected encyclical on man’s relationship with the planet, says Christiana Figueres
Oil industry can be ‘solution’ to climate change says Figueres
NEWS: Top UN climate official calls on fossil fuel executives to lead transition to cleaner forms of energy
Ban Ki-moon hails 20th birthday of UN’s climate change body
UN Secretary General calls for renewed efforts to cut greenhouse gases on the twentieth anniversary of the UN’s climate body
Fears grow over Green Climate Fund preparations
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres says board must ensure financial mechanism opens in 2014
UN to start drafting 2015 climate change treaty
UN meeting in Germany next week will kickstart efforts to design draft of international treaty before Conference in Lima