LAURENCE TUBIANA

President and CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF)

Laurence Tubiana is CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF), a Professor at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and and co-chair of the secretariat of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force. As France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, she was one of the key architects of the landmark Paris Agreement. She later served as the UN High-Level Champion for climate action through COP22.

 

Laurence brings decades of expertise in climate change, energy, and sustainable development, working across government, think tanks, NGOs, and academia. She serves on France’s Haut Conseil pour le Climat, an independent advisory body providing scientific guidance on the country’s climate policies, and co-chaired the governance committee of France’s Citizens Climate Convention in 2019, ensuring its independence and ambition. She founded and directed the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), and has a long association with Sciences Po Paris.
 

Her work has been recognised with several honours, including the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Shackleton Medal in 2023 and the title of Officier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2024.