2020 Hillary Laureate Dinner

On the 12th December 2020, the 5th Anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord, the Hillary Institute celebrated its 10th global, annual Hillary Laureate: Christiana Figueres. Currently residing in her home nation of Costa Rica, Ms Figueres was ‘Zoomed ’ (given Covid-19), to a sold-out audience in Christchurch, New Zealand, in conversation with Institute Founding Director Mark Prain.


Keynote Address by the 2020 Hillary Laureate: Christiana Figueres


Guest Speakers

Official Welcome by the Rt Hon Helen Clark - Hillary Institute Patron

Hon. James Shaw - Minister for Climate Change - A New Zealand Perspective

Peter Hillary - Reflections

Marc Mitchell - Edmund Hillary Fellow

Michelle Sharp - Edmund Hillary Fellow

Closing Remarks by Sacha McMeeking - Hillary Institute Trustee