Overview
- Published on Oct. 30, the third annual list highlights cross‑sector figures shaping the global climate economy.
- TIME frames the 2025 edition around business and other nonstate actors stepping in as U.S. legislative engagement on climate receded this year.
- Honorees include Pope Leo XIV, King Charles III, Samuel L. Jackson, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Christine Lagarde, Gavin Newsom, Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala, Evan Spiegel, DJ Alok, Robin Zeng and Dominique Browning.
- TIME will host a TIME100 Impact Dinner on Nov. 4 during COP30 in Rio to spotlight leaders, with speakers including Sylvia Earle, Suriname’s President Jennifer Geerlings‑Simons, Elizabeth Wathuti and Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, presented by Rolex.
- The package features reporting on tangible projects such as Tyler Norris joining Google’s Advanced Energy team to apply strategies for cleaner AI data center power use.