Rueanna Haynes

Head of Diplomacy and Director of Climate Analytics Caribbean

Climate Diplomacy, Management Team

Rueanna is an international climate law and governance specialist, and TEDx 2020 speaker, with over fifteen years of experience in the UN Climate process.

A former Trinidad and Tobago diplomat, Rueanna has negotiated for the Caribbean Community as well as the Alliance of Small Island States, including in the development of the sustainable development goals and the Paris Agreement.

At present, she is Head of Diplomacy at Climate Analytics and Director of the Climate Analytics Caribbean office in Trinidad and Tobago. Rueanna also provides strategic, technical and diplomatic advice to island states in climate change negotiations, and training for officials new to the UN Climate process.

Rueanna holds a Master in International Legal Studies (Distinction) from Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington, DC, and a Master in International Affairs (Environmental Policy) from Sciences Po, Paris, France.

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What did we just agree to? The COP29 outcome

This COP is already being reflected on as one of the most difficult in the history of the negotiations. And the final text has not made it all worth it. So, what was agreed? And what does it mean for addressing the climate crisis and the work to come next year on the road to COP30 in Belém?