Laurence Tubiana | |
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![]() Tubiana in 2016 | |
CEO of the European Climate Foundation | |
Assumed office March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Johannes Meier |
Chair of the Board of Directors of the French Development Agency | |
In office 2013–2022 | |
President of the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations | |
In office 2002–2014 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Teresa Ribera |
Personal details | |
Born | Émilie Laurence Tubiana 5 July 1951 Oran, French Algeria |
Citizenship | France |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Revolutionary Communist League (1968–1976) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Sciences Po Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Occupation | Economist • Professor • Diplomat • Civil servant |
Awards | Legion of Honour |
Émilie Laurence Tubiana (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃s tybjana]; born 5 July 1951) is a French economist, professor and diplomat.[1] She served as France's Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for the 2015 COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris, for which she became recognised as a key architect of the resulting Paris Agreement. Since 2017, she has been CEO of the European Climate Foundation.
Tubiana co-founded the Paris-based Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)[2] in 2001, which she headed from 2002 to 2014, is a professor at Sciences Po, as well as has previously served as senior adviser on the environment to the former Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. She has been responsible for conducting international environmental negotiations for the French government and has also been a member of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique attached to the Prime Minister's office.[3][4] Between 2013 and 2022 she was Chair of the Board of Directors of the French Development Agency (AFD).[5]