10 November 2026

Barbara Buchner, CEO of Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Director of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab), has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Climate list, recognizing the world’s 100 most influential leaders driving climate action. Other notable figures on the list include Laurence Tubiana, Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Guterres, and the Prince of Wales.

Buchner is featured in the Innovators category alongside prominent leaders advancing climate solutions, such as Matt Tilleard of CrossBoundary Energy and Tenzin Seldon of Pulse Fund.

Notably, TIME opens Buchner’s profile by highlighting the Lab’s achievements, including helping mobilize more than USD 5 billion for climate action through innovative financial solutions.

The profile also mentions other CPI contributions to climate action, including its net-zero finance tracker covering 1,500 major financial institutions (representing approximately 60% of the global financial system) and research informing climate policy in Brazil, Nigeria, and South Africa.