Mary Robinson to speak at CCAFS seminar on 19 March
On 19 March, the Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCFAS) is organising a seminar with the…
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By Mary Robinson, Christiana Figueres, and Amina J. Mohammed.
NEW YORK – Twenty years ago, the adoption by 189 governments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action marked…
Women leaders reinforce value of the participation of women in decision-making processes related to climate change.
“Women and Power: Building a Different World”, co-hosted by President Michelle Bachelet and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women,…
On the eve of an international meeting on “women in power and decision-making” in Santiago de Chile, the Troika+ of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change and leaders from local communities met to discuss solutions to climate change challenges.
The round table discussion titled “Women’s Participation: Learning from Community Experiences” was hosted by the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice…
As climate change negotiations in Geneva came to a close on 13 February 2015, 18 countries pledged to promote and respect human rights in climate action.
At the closing plenary of ADP 2.8, which took place from 8-13 February in Geneva, Costa Rica announced the Geneva…
On the eve of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) 2.8, over 50 representatives from the climate change and human rights constituencies gathered in Geneva to strengthen the links between human rights and climate change
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate…
This week members of the climate change community gather in Geneva, the home of the Human Rights Council, for the latest round of climate negotiations.
As the Geneva negotiations will inform the text of the 2015 climate agreements, it is important to take a moment…
On February 8th, negotiators will begin a week long session which will lay the foundation for a new climate agreement. Through this agreement, the global community has an opportunity to set in motion an ambitious and just response to climate change.
The Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) was established at the Conference of Parties…
By agreeing to keep warming as far below 2°C as possible, the international community implicitly agreed to set a limit on global cumulative carbon-dioxide emissions. Reaching zero carbon is what is required to stay within this “carbon budget”.
By agreeing to keep warming as far below 2°C as possible, the international community implicitly agreed to set a limit…
The BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition will feature an award for Climate Justice it was announced by Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice.
“I look forward to working with Dr Tony Scott and his team in developing the criteria for the award in…