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Twitter chat with Christiana Figueres and on the 2013 Lighthouse Activities - 6 November 2013, 16:00
- 16:30 CET
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On 6 November 2013, Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres hosted a live Twitter chat to coincide
with the launch of the 2013 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities. The Lighthouse Activities are a
group of 17 projects selected as shining examples of climate action around the world.
This year’s Lighthouse Activities focus on urban poverty, women’s leadership and innovative
finance. They range from a powerful, women-led climate campaign in Australia to a ground-breaking
effort to build climate-smart housing in Mexico. Projects include both small, entrepreneurial
solutions, such as a project that builds bamboo bicycles in Ghana, as well as large initiatives, such
as a massive financing scheme in the Philippines, to unlock resources needed to address climate
change.
Christiana was joined by activity representatives who spoke about how their innovative and
inspiring projects are creating real change on the ground.
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About Christiana
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Christiana Figueres served as the UN’s top climate change official from 2010 to 2016. She has
been involved in climate change negotiations since 1995, as a member of the Costa Rican negotiating
team and serving on a number of boards and committees.
Throughout her career, she has worked hard to promote sustainable development, for example heading up
think-tanks and founding a renewable energy institute for Latin Amercia. Christiana Figueres was born
in San José, Costa Rica in 1956 and is married with two daughters.
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