Tom Rivett-Carnac: Podcast Interviews

Tom Rivett-Carnac

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Public official, Author, Media Personality

2 Interviews

Tom Rivett-Carnac's Interviews

Amy Barrett & Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac • 26 May 2020 • EN

Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: Has climate change determined our future?

Christiana Figueres is the former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and it was her work that led to its members signing the 2015 Paris agreement. Together with Tom Rivett-Carnac, she created Global Optimism, an organization focused on bringing about environmental and social change. T

Chris Anderson & Tom Rivett-Carnac • 23 Dec 2019 • EN

Bonus: Tom Rivett-Carnac is optimistic about the fate of our planet

In this bonus episode, Chris talks with climate policy expert Tom Rivett-Carnac, who worked with Christiana Figueres—guest from our last episode!—to negotiate the landmark Paris Agreement. They discuss why we need optimism to solve the climate crisis, and why TED’s new COUNTDOWN initiative can serve as a key catalyst o