Christiana Figueres: A Conversation on Mindfulness and Climate

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4.7 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Former UN climate negotiator Christiana Figueres credits Buddhist teachings both for helping her through a personal crisis, and for providing a source of inner strength that sustained her through negotiations at the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, and helped contribute to its success. “I realized my commitment and my task here is to change that global mood,” Figueres remembers. “And of course I can't change the global mood before I change myself, because as we know all change starts with self.” Can mindfulness practice help us cope with the realities of climate change? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.2	After a three-year term as executive secretary
1:00.0	to the United Nations framework on climate change,
1:03.2	Christiana Figueraas was exhausted,
1:05.0	emotionally drained, and ready to pack it in.
1:08.0	What kept her going?
1:09.0	Out of nowhere, I have no idea where the word Buddhism came into my mind.
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1:15.3	Buddhism?
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