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The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted during the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda in New York on 25 September 2015.
After two years of negotiations the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by world leaders on Friday 25th September, are the most…
Roosevelt House in New York, once home of human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt, played host to the 6th annual Mary Robinson Speaker Series on Business and Human Rights titled “Business and Climate Justice: Human rights from the frontlines to Paris”.
Understanding the role business can play in realising climate justice was the focus of the 6th annual Mary Robinson Speaker…
Why Climate Change is a Threat to Human Rights
In the talk, Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, reminds us that climate change is the greatest…
Mary Robinson's Op ed in the Irish Times
Climate change: ‘Those of us in the industrialised countries of the world must take the lead and wean ourselves off…
This Interview with Mary Robinson was conducted by Megan Rowling and first published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation
A new set of U.N. development goals, due to be adopted later this month, will be undermined if an international…
Geneva Pledge signatories exchanged ideas and discussed opportunities for the operationalisation of the Geneva Pledge at a workshop co-hosted by the Republic of Costa Rica and the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice in the margins of ADP 2.10.
In order to facilitate and motivate national implementation of the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action, the Republic…
Geneva Pledge signatories exchanged ideas and discussed opportunities for the operationalisation of the Geneva Pledge at a workshop co-hosted by…
Climate negotiators reconvene in Bonn, Germany for ADP 2-10, with just 10 days of negotiations remaining before COP 21 begins in Paris.
August is not a typical time for meetings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but then…
Incorporating the principles of intergenerational equity into significant international processes in 2015 is crucial.
Growing inequality, extreme poverty and the threat of climate change bring into focus the fact that the actions (or inactions)…
Mary Robinson’s joined thought leaders from governments, international organisations, the United Nations, indigenous groups and civil society at the Summit of Conscience for the Climate in Paris.
Delivering a keynote address at the Summit of Conscience for the Climate, Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice urged…
