Mashable: United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres has announced she will step down from her position in July, ending a six-year run that culminated in the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement in December.
The Paris deal marked the first time that all countries -- including the richest and poorest nations -- agreed to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
As head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Figueres played a major role in...