José María Figueres on Creating Low Carbon Economies
Channel: The Elephant
Date: 2016-03-10

For four years Jose Maria Figueres was the president of Costa Rica, and he is now the President of the Carbon War Room, an organization that supports initiatives by private companies to reduce their carbon emissions. We talked with Figueres about why he sees moving towards low carbon economies as an opportunity to combat other issues such as poverty, how he views the role of the private sector in the climate fight, and about Costa Rica's ambitious efforts to become carbon neutral by 2021.

Recorded for The Elephant Podcast, Dec 2015 
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