Patricia Espinosa’s First Week as UN Climate Chief… on Twitter

Posts 29 Jul 2016

While the world is getting ready for the next global climate summit, Patricia Espinosa takes over as the UN’s next climate chief.

Christiana Figueres’ – who’s now running for UN Secretary General – successor has had a busy first week at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

We’ve put together an overview of Espinosa’s first days, as seen on Twitter: from saying goodbye, to her first public appearance as Executive Secretary and a video call with the pilot of the world’s first transatlantic electric airplane.

Farewells

Before heading off to Bonn to start her new job at the UNFCCC secretariat, Espinosa said goodbye to her colleagues in Berlin where she worked as the Mexican Ambassador.

Despidiéndonos de una grande con selfie del buen @alexlarenas La vamos a extrañar Embajadora @PEspinosaC ! pic.twitter.com/5AQOrZw9s3

— Adriana Ramirez (@AdrianaRmzA) July 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/gblspeechwriter/status/754751629153431552

First Day

The official COP22 Twitter account wished Espinosa good luck on her first day. The 2016 climate change conference in Marrakesh will be one of Espinosa’s biggest projects this year, so she’ll be working closely with the COP22 team in Morocco.

.@PEspinosaC all the best on your 1st day as UNFCCC Executive Secretary & we look forward to collaborating on #COP22 pic.twitter.com/OxQc4MLK3P

— COP22 (@COP22) July 18, 2016

Spokesperson Selfie

Time for a quick selfie with the UNFCCC’s dynamic spokesperson, Nick Nuttall!

Today is the first day in office of our new Executive Secretary @PEspinosaC! (with our spokesperson @Nick_Nuttall) pic.twitter.com/63sCkwwuax

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) July 18, 2016

Welcome Address

Espinosa attracted a big crowd for her first address as UNFCCC Executive Secretary.

https://twitter.com/Lou_AnneKnight/status/756101888702029824

Signing the Guestbook

She met with the mayor of Bonn, West Germany’s former capital. Today, the city hosts the UNFCCC and a range of other UN institutions.

.@PEspinosaC signed Bonn's guest book, talked w/ Mayor Sridharan about city as @UN hub for #SustainableDevelopment pic.twitter.com/kTJAG7ogHn

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) July 20, 2016

First Official Activity

Espinosa’s first official activity as Executive Secretary was to attend a session of the Standing Committee on Finance. The UNFCCC Twitter account tweeted a photo of Espinosa with the committee team.

.@PEspinosaC's 1st official activity as new UNFCCC head – attending session of Standing Committee on Finance in Bonn pic.twitter.com/S7mfnW9oIG

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) July 20, 2016

Speaking with Solar Impulse

Probably the highlight of her first week on the job was a live chat with Bertrand Piccard, the pilot of Solar Impulse – the first solar powered plane to fly around the world.

Piccard was passing over Saudi Arabia at the time of the call as they discussed the importance of innovation and collaboration.

"You are showing what #solarenergy can do" – @PEspinosaC to @bertrandpiccard https://t.co/jD7i7eJXug @solarimpulse https://t.co/eLgRA1PCJt

— UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) July 25, 2016

Want to follow the preparations of the climate summit in Marrakesh? Check out this COP22 must-follow Twitter list.

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