Tom Rivett-Carnac is a Partner at Global Optimism, the organisation he co-founded with former UN Climate Chief, Christiana Figueres. Together they wrote The Future We Choose and co-present the weekly podcast, Outrage + Optimism. He previously served as Chief Political Advisor to Figueres at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change where the two oversaw the intergovernmental process resulting in the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement by 195 countries.