{"id":9353,"date":"2025-10-31T18:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=9353"},"modified":"2025-11-03T05:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:37:56","slug":"from-panama-to-the-papacy-time100-climate-2025-honors-global-climate-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/fr\/from-panama-to-the-papacy-time100-climate-2025-honors-global-climate-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"From Panama to the Papacy: TIME100 Climate 2025 Honors Global Climate Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When TIME<\/em> unveiled its TIME100 Climate 2025<\/strong>, one theme stood out: as legislative momentum falters in major economies, the world\u2019s climate agenda is being carried forward by business leaders, innovators, and reform-minded officials reshaping governance itself. The list celebrates 100 individuals driving climate progress across finance, technology, and public policy \u2014 from those building AI-driven clean-energy systems to heads of state turning pledges into measurable impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among this year\u2019s honorees are three figures whose influence spans moral authority, institutional reform, and next-generation governance: Pope Leo XIV, King Charles III, and Juan Carlos Monterrey G\u00f3mez, Panama\u2019s Special Representative for Climate Change and Co-Founder of the Nature Summit<\/strong>.<\/a> Together, they represent a powerful trifecta of faith, diplomacy, and action at a decisive moment for the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reimagining governance from Panama<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At 33, Juan Carlos Monterrey G\u00f3mez is among the youngest leaders on TIME<\/em>\u2019s list \u2014 and one of its most disruptive thinkers. As Panama\u2019s first Special Representative for Climate Change and Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean of the COP30 Bureau, Monterrey has become known for tearing down bureaucracy that stalls climate progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPeople talk about lack of money, people talk about lack of time,\u201d<\/em> he told TIME<\/em>. \u201cBut the bureaucracy is killing us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To fix it, he designed the Nature Pledge, the world\u2019s first national framework to unify climate, biodiversity, ocean, plastics, and land-restoration commitments under one strategy. The model is already inspiring replication in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, proving that efficiency in governance can unlock financing as much as political will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you put an investment plan with this holistic vision and you only have to present one instead of 15 plans, it\u2019s easier to get the resources you need,\u201d<\/em> he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monterrey\u2019s inclusion signals recognition of a new generation of Global South leadership \u2014 pragmatic, reform-minded, and impatient with incrementalism \u2014 emerging just months ahead of COP30 in Bel\u00e9m, where he will help shape the global negotiating agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moral leadership from the Vatican<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Two months after his election in May, Pope Leo XIV<\/strong> moved swiftly from words to deeds. In July he approved a 1,000-acre solar farm north of Rome that will make Vatican City the world\u2019s first carbon-neutral state. He also opened a 135-acre ecological training center at Castel Gandolfo to teach sustainable agriculture and stewardship \u2014 reviving a project begun by Pope Francis in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At an October conference marking the tenth anniversary of Laudato Si\u2019<\/em>, Leo urged citizens to act: \u201cEveryone in society, through non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations\u2026 Only then will it be possible to mitigate the damage done to the environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

His call reflects a widening moral consensus that environmental neglect is no longer a scientific or political issue alone, but an ethical one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From royal advocacy to coordinated action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For King Charles III, 2025 marks the year his decades-long environmental advocacy evolved into institutional transformation. The British monarch\u2019s Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) now convenes hundreds of CEOs and heads of state to mobilize capital for climate solutions. Over the summer, the SMI hosted its first China Forum to expand collaboration on renewable-energy investment and green-supply-chain innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At home, Charles has ordered sweeping sustainability measures across royal estates \u2014 from a 2,000-panel solar installation at Sandringham to converting historic gas lamps to LED. The Royal Household\u2019s latest Sovereign Grant Report named \u201cenvironmental sustainability\u201d as a core operating priority, embedding climate accountability into the institution itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new map of influence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By placing Monterrey G\u00f3mez alongside Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III, TIME<\/em> spotlights three distinct but complementary spheres of leadership: moral (Leo), institutional (Charles), and systemic (Monterrey). Each demonstrates that climate action now transcends traditional boundaries of diplomacy and faith \u2014 it is becoming a shared architecture of governance, investment, and collective courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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