The Hidden Playbook of Climate Technology Negotiations | Ambrosio Yobánolo del Real | TEDxFrutillar

This talk uses football as a metaphor to examine United Nations climate negotiations, covering their tactics, setbacks and what is at stake. The speaker argues that getting around two hundred countries to agree shows the human capacity to build bridges and take action. Ambrosio Yobánolo del Real is Deputy Director of CORFO's Sustainability and Climate Change Agency in Chile and an international climate negotiator. He leads technology negotiations for 134 developing countries at UN climate summits.

• Football as a metaphor for UN climate talks
• Successes and defeats in international agreements
• Turning climate technology into concrete action

Using football as a metaphor, this talk steps onto the field of United Nations climate negotiations: its plays, its defeats and what is at stake. It shows why getting two hundred countries to agree is proof of the human capacity to build bridges and move into action. Ambrosio Yobánolo del Real is Deputy Director of CORFO’s Sustainability and Climate Change Agency in Chile. He is also an international climate negotiator, leading technology negotiations for 134 developing countries at UN climate summits. His work focuses on how countries can reach agreements that turn climate technology into concrete action. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx