Former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa has announced that she will launch an ESG consultancy focused on helping private companies and public institutions successfully address the most pressing threat facing humanity: climate change.
Espinosa was appointed executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in May 2016 and served until July 2022. She played a crucial role in securing international support for the Paris climate agreement adopted in 2015 and in completing the rulebook that will enable both the effective application of the agreement in all its aspects, including a strong market for carbon trading, and a reliable transparency framework to ensure international accountability.
As part of the Paris Agreement, all countries have committed to reducing their emissions, strengthening their resilience and providing financial resources to fight climate change.
Prior to her appointment to the United Nations, Espinosa was Mexico’s foreign minister from 2006 to 2012. In this role, she chaired the COP16 climate conference that adopted the Cancun Accords – one of the foundations on which the Paris Agreement was built. She was a member of the panel of experts convened by the UN Secretary-General to consider the post-2015 global development framework that formed the basis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and was instrumental in the incorporation of SDGl 13, Climate Action, involved .
After four decades of diplomatic leadership and action, that legacy of experience and collaboration now brings her to onepoint5.
Motivated by the urgent need to translate the Paris Agreement goals into effective action and tangible results, Espinosa founded onepoint5 to help private and public institutions navigate the challenging transition to sustainable practices and limit temperature rise.
“Science tells us that global emissions must be reduced by almost half our current rate in just eight years if we are to limit global temperatures…
