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On Gender Day at COP21 women come together in solidarity to continue to champion gender equality and the empowerment and participation of women in climate decision-making processes.
December 08 is officially Gender Day at COP21. The Foundation’s activities this Gender Day are built around a number of…
Mary Robinson writes in the Huffington Post: For me, it is the injustice of the impacts of climate change and the resultant undermining of human rights that motivates my work on climate justice. The impacts of this change are being felt hardest by those people who have done the least to cause the climate crisis -- including the citizens of small island states and vulnerable coastal communities.
The people and communities on the front lines of climate change have benefitted least from our traditional development paradigm and…
The Conversation - Six of The Conversation’s top experts from around the world put their questions to Mary Robinson about climate justice, women’s rights and the progress being made in Paris.
Former Irish president Mary Robinson is one of the world’s leading voices on climate justice. Appearing at the UN climate…
On Friday 4 December Mary Robinson delivered a keynote address at the inaugural Climate Law and Governance Day in the École de Droit de La Sorbonne in the margins of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris.
The meeting brought together over 200 experts, leading academics and practitioners to debate the needs and opportunities facing the world…
On Youth and Future Generations Day at COP21, Aishath Thoifa, a WAGGGS Youth Delegate from the Republic of Maldives, writes about the need to respect future generations' voices to ensure sustainable development and climate justice for all.
Climate change is global and affects everyone on this earth. It has already placed a great deal of stress and…
On Youth and Future Generations Day, Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice, calls for intergenerational equity to be considered as a core component of UN activities.
In their latest report on the science of climate change, released last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said…
As negotiations on the new climate agreement recommence, a meeting of the Troika+ of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change was held in the margins of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, on Tuesday 1 December.
The meeting focused on progress to integrate gender equality and human rights into climate action. Speaking at the meeting Mary…
The Guardian: Women bear severe gendered impacts of climate change but systematically lack equal representation in decision-making. That’s a problem, write Mary Robinson and Melanne Verveer.
As the nations of the world meet in Paris to address climate change, it is critical that women play a…
Increasing women’s participation in the design, planning and implementation of climate actions can lead to improved environment and developmental outcomes for all.
A recent study commissioned by the Mary Robinson Foundation –Climate Justice found that the participation of women, and grassroots women…
With three days to go to the opening of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties - COP21 - the Foundation looks at what is at stake in Paris.
The window of opportunity to act on climate change to avert devastating human suffering is closing fast. Next week world…
