Episode 22: Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin talk about the impact of the changing international order on climate change negotiations and mitigation efforts

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, the forty-eighth President of the Republic of Costa Rica, completed his constitutionally limited term in May 2022. Under President Alvarado’s leadership, Costa Rica contributed to global efforts to combat climate change, and defended human rights, democracy, and multilateralism.
He is currently Professor of Practice of Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.

Farhana Yamin is an internationally recognized environmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert. She has advised leaders and ministers on UN climate negotiations for 30 years, representing small islands and developing countries and attending nearly every major climate summit since 1991. She is a Director of Impatience Ltd and runs the Climate Justice and Just Transition Donor Collaborative.