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Patricia Espinosa

Ambassador Emeritus Mexico, Founding Partner and CEO of onepoint5, Former Executive Secretary of UNFCCC

Ambassador Patricia Espinosa is Founding Partner and CEO of onepoint5, an

ESG consulting firm specialized in climate change.


A career diplomat, she is a respected leader on the global stage with more than

35 years of experience at the highest level in diplomacy, multilateral negotiations,

and international relations.


Prior to founding onepoint5, Ambassador Espinosa served as the Executive

Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

(2016-2022), Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (2006-2012) and Mexico’s

Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (2013-2016), and to Austria,

Slovakia and Slovenia (2002-2006).


In 2012, she was appointed Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico, the highest

recognition the Mexican Government awards its diplomats. She has also been

decorated by the governments of Germany, Argentina, Austria, Chile, Colombia,

Denmark, El Salvador, Guatemala, Netherlands, Paraguay, and Peru.


Ambassador Espinosa is widely recognized as an authoritative voice on issues

related to sustainability, environmental stewardship, gender equality and the

protection of human rights

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