The Future We Choose

The Future We Choose (2020) presents us with two potential visions of life on earth: one of sweltering heat, diminishing biodiversity, and severely declining quality of life, and one where the planet’s temperature has stabilized, life flourishes, and humanity prospers. The world we choose will depend on the actions we take now, in what is a critical decade in the fight against climate change. While the prospect may seem daunting, it’s time to rise to the challenge and determine our future.

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican diplomat who has chaired multiple international organizations and served as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016. During that period, she led six annual global climate negotiations that eventually resulted in the historic 2015 Paris Agreement. Tom Rivett-Carnac is a British political lobbyist and former Buddhist monk who joined co-author Christiana Figureres as her chief political strategist during negotiations for the 2015 Paris Agreement. Formerly, he was president and CEO of the Carbon Disclosure Project USA, a not-for-profit charity.