Christiana Figueres

THE WRITER, A FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IS A COSTA RICAN DIPLOMAT

Solar panels in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. The Global South holds 70% of the world’s wind and solar potential, and 50% of the minerals necessary for the energy transition.

The climate action that matters is in the Global South

But innovation still has to outpace climate impacts