Josephine Castillo is a grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines, a country that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. She has worked extensively on a number of key urban poor issues, including reversing forced eviction and involuntary relocations, ensuring land and housing security for poor communities, and advocacy for the pro-vision of basic services in urban poor communities. With the support of the Foundation, Josephine has participated in a number of high-level climate events and media engagements to represent the voices of the most vulnerable people. New York, September 2014.
Josephine Castillo is a grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines, a country that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. She has worked extensively on a number of key urban poor issues, including reversing forced eviction and involuntary relocations, ensuring land and housing security for poor communities, and advocacy for the pro-vision of basic services in urban poor communities. With the support of the Foundation, Josephine has participated in a number of high-level climate events and media engagements to represent the voices of the most vulnerable people. New York, September 2014.
Mary Robinson addressed the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers on 25 November 2015 before the official start of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
Speaking at the gathering, Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy…
The Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation co-hosted a Climate Justice Dialogue, focused on the necessary investment to end energy poverty, in the margins of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Annual Governance Weekend on 22 November 2015.
Participant Yacob Mulugetta, Professor of Energy and Development Policy at University College London, succinctly summed up the two great and interlinked…
Speaking at the Women and Climate Change Symposium in the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Mary Robinson, highlighted the need to ensure that women’s voices are heard and their priorities supported.
Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, delivered a keynote address at the symposium on women and climate change…
Mary Robinson addressed the linkages between gender equality, climate change and food security during a keynote address at the 42nd session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome.
“If we are to achieve SDG 2 and end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture…
Amidst the buzz of the Sustainable Development Summit, philanthropists, development specialists and government officials met in New York last week to discuss opportunities for the philanthropic community to support the new development agenda.
To explore new and innovative ways in which philanthropic capital can accelerate progress towards the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…