To combat climate anxiety, COP negotiator recommends meditation

Christiana Figueres, known as one of the architects of the Paris Agreement, has been at the forefront of the

To handle the stress of negotiating deals on attempts to curb catastrophic global warming, Christiana Figueres, one of the main architects of the Paris Agreement, recommends meditation.

In 2015, as the head of the UN

Ten years later she was attending the COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belem, where negotiations are in full swing as countries attempt to reach a new consensus in the face of the

In an interview with AFP, Figueres highlighted the importance of "personal resilience" as humanity grapples with "unprecedented" circumstances.

With that in mind, she organizes meditation retreats, where participants -- in

QUESTION: What's the link between meditation and

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