An Interview with José María Figueres
José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica and a leading expert on sustainability, shares his ideas on how the private and public sectors must work together to bolster the triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic development. He calls for a deepening relationship between economic prosperity and environmental stewardship, which will create a future where companies and countries can climb up the ladder of competitiveness.
For two decades, José María Figueres has been a noted authority and passionate advocate for sustainable development, first within Costa Rica and then on the world stage. In 1998, just after the Kyoto Protocol was announced, then-President Figueres and U.S. Vice President Al Gore signed the first-ever Joint Implementation Treaty between two countries under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
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