One could argue that Christiana Figueres, a 61-year-old Costa Rican diplomat, warded off global catastrophe. As former chief of the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change, she orchestrated the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which, for the first time, got virtually all nations to take action on greenhouse gas emissions.
Scientific American: Fmr. UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres ‘Saved the Planet by harnessing ‘female energy”
How Christiana Figueres Saved the Planet - By harnessing “female energy,” - By harnessing “female energy,” Christiana Figueres convinced humanity to take on climate change
By Jen Schwartz
