Protagonists
Saleemul Huq
Climate Expert, Bangladesh
The well-known climate expert and COP veteran comes from one of the countries most threatened by climate change. He was already present at the first COP in Berlin in 1995 and has been fighting for the rights of the Least Developed Countries ever since.
Christiana Figueres
Head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Secretary-General of the UN Climate Change Secretariat (until 2016) is leading the crucial Framework Convention on Climate Change with impressive optimism and charisma. She is to ensure the realisation of the all-decisive treaty.
Laurent Fabius
COP President, France
The then French Foreign Minister (until 2016) and COP President, an experienced Socialist Party diplomat, is facing an exorbitant task: on behalf of President Hollande, he is to bring about the diplomatic success of the COP.
Helmut Hojesky
Chief Negotiator, Austria
The Austrian head of delegation and main negotiator is an "old hand" in negotiations. He explains the complex processes and peculiarities of text-based negotiations with calm and accuracy.
Peter Woolcott
Chief Negotiator, Australia
Coal mining is right and necessary! This is the opinion of the Australian UN ambassador for the environment and chief negotiator in the COP. After all, the worldwide coal mining has a moral component: To supply the world's poorest people with energy.
Yeb Sano
Ex-Chief Negotiator, Philippines
During the COP19 in Warsaw, his hometown was hit by a super typhoon. With a touching speech and his hunger strike, Yeb tried to shake up the world community. Because he was subsequently removed from the delegation as a negotiator, he is travelling as an activist and pilgrim on foot to Paris in 2015.
Noora al-Alamer
Negotiator, Bahrain
In the young negotiator's home country, the first oil was found in the region. Bahrain is part of the group of Arab states and thus an ally of Saudi Arabia, which is blocking the negotiations.
Ronny Jumeau
Chief Negotiator, Seychelles
The UN ambassador and chief negotiator fights like other island states in the group of the Alliance of Small Island States. For if the average temperature reaches over 2 degrees and sea levels continue to rise, not only the Seychelles are threatened with sinking.
Carole Dieschbourg
Chairperson EU Group
As chairperson of the EU group, the Luxembourg Environment Minister is joining forces with the Least Developed Countries, the EU and the island states to form the "High Ambition Coalition". With this cooperation, Carole, who has been an activist since her youth, wants to make the negotiations more ambitious.
Other Protagonists
Naomi Klein: Author, Canada
Pascoe Sabido: Activist, France
Tony de Brum: Prime Minister, Marshall Islands
John Kerry: Secretary of State, USA
Al Gore: Activist, USA
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Actor and politician, USA