The Foundation’s approach strives to ensure that policy decisions are informed by the expertise of those people affected by the impacts of climate change, and calls for solutions whose creation includes the people these policies are made for, such as grassroots practitioners like Berhanu Woeldemichael Director, Food Security Coordination Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Ethiopia (centre), and Kirdanu Girmay, farmer and Researcher from Tigray, Ethiopia (right), who participated in a capacity building workshop that enabled them to share their expertise with high-level policy makers during the Hunger – Nutrition – Climate Justice Conference in Dublin in 2013).

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Resources

This resource database contains a variety of documents and publications produced by the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice since 2010, including research publications, briefings and policy papers. It also includes statements and speeches by Mary Robinson that are related to her work as President of the Foundation. You can browse the database by year, publication type and topic or you can explore how the resources are linked to the Principles of Climate Justice, which form the basis of the Foundations work.

Latest Resources

Case Study: Bangladesh’s Enhancing Resilience programme

Posted on 16th April 2013

This article is in Categories: Case studies, Development, Education, Gender Equality, Harness the Transformative Power of Education for Climate Stewardship, Highlight Gender Equality and Equity, Human Rights

In Bangladesh, the Enhancing Resilience programme integrates asset creation activities with community training to build resilience among the rural ultra-poor,…

Case Study: The right to food security in a changing Arctic

Posted on 16th April 2013

This article is in Categories: Case studies, Development, Ensure that Decisions on Climate Change are Participatory, Transparent and Accountable, Human Rights, Respect and Protect Human Rights, Use Effective Partnerships to Secure Climate Justice

The 160,000 indigenous Inuit who live in four countries across the Arctic — Canada, Greenland, United States (Alaska) and Russia…

Human rights: their role in achieving climate justice and food and nutrition security

Posted on 16th April 2013

This article is in Categories: Briefs and Position Paper, Development, Ensure that Decisions on Climate Change are Participatory, Transparent and Accountable, Human Rights, Respect and Protect Human Rights, Support the Right to Development, Use Effective Partnerships to Secure Climate Justice

Human rights offer a framework for addressing food and nutritional insecurity at levels from local to international. They are particularly…

Severe weather “pushing millions” into starvation

Posted on 15th April 2013