To celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day an event was hosted by WITS (Women in Technology and Science) on Science and Society on Tuesday March 8th.
To celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day an event was hosted by WITS (Women in Technology and Science) on…
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"To come to Bangladesh is to see that climate change is most severely affecting the people who have contributed least to causing the problem", noted Mary Robinson during a visit to the South-Asian country
“The poorest people, who are not responsible for carbon emissions into the atmosphere, will be the worst hit by the…
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Blog by Mary Robinson: I have just returned to Dublin from Addis Ababa where the 17th Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) Pre-African Union Summit meeting of women leaders in Addis Ababa took place.
I have just returned to Dublin from Addis Ababa where the 17th Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) Pre-African Union…
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As the year 2010 draws to a close, Mary Robinson delivered an academy discourse at the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 20 December.
“Can the people of Ireland and other developed countries begin to see climate change mitigation and adaptation as their responsibility?…
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. It has ended with the adoption of a package of decisions, dubbed the Cancún Agreements, that set all governments more firmly on the path towar
Calls for reinstatement of Gender Dimension The United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November…
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The Ministers of Denmark and Mexico agreed to attempt to form a Troika on gender leading up to COP 17 in South Africa, 2011 at the the Foundation and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico hosted Women Leaders on Climate Change event, Cancún, December 6.
The Ministers of Denmark and Mexico agreed to attempt to form a Troika on gender leading up to COP 17…
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United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, 29 Nov - 10 Dec 2010
Update: At the official COP16 side-event, co-convened by the Foundation on 04 December 2010 in Cancun, Mary Robinson released a…
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In recognition of the fact that climate change negotiations are, for the first time, chaired by a growing group of women leaders, Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mexico and Mary Robinson are convening a side event.
In recognition of the fact that climate change negotiations are, for the first time, chaired by a growing group of…
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Following on from the success of the Climate Change lecture series 2007-2009 hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Foundation President Mary Robinson delivered a public lecture Tuesday titled: Re-shaping the debate on climate change.
Re-shaping the debate on climate change Following on from the success of the Climate Change lecture series 2007-2009 hosted by…
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UK must do more on climate change, says CBI: Confederation of British Industry hosts annual Climate Change Summit
With the global market for low-carbon goods and services expected to be worth around GBP£4 trillion by 2015, small and…
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