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Twitter chat and photo competition to celebrate 20th anniversary of UNFCCC on 21 March
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On 21 March 2014, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres hosted a Twitter chat to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change. The chat looked back at the landmark achievements of the Convention and the many ways in which
it has led the world towards a realization that acting to deal with climate change is both a necessity
and the greatest opportunity of our time. The chat also looked ahead at what needs to be done as we
approach 2015, the year in which a global climate change agreement is to be concluded in Paris, and as
governments work to raise immediate ambition to curb emissions and to build greater resilience to
climate change. Users could put questions to Christiana Figueres (@CFigueres) on Twitter, and provide their views, using the
hashtag #FCCCresulted.
Users with great pictures they took at a UNFCCC conference (or related event) of a moment which
personally touched and inspired them were asked to post them on Twitter with the hashtag
#FCCCpic, with a
short caption describing the event, date and location. The best image will be posted on the
www.unfccc.int website, in the special anniversary section
which also includes videos, commentaries and infographics to mark the day. Front-runner images
were retweeted from the @UN_climatetalks account
and feature in a special Facebook anniversary album on the
UNFCCC Facebook fan page.
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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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