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A panel discussion on climate displaced people with Mary Robinson, Penelise Alofa from the Kiribati Climate Action Network and Patricia Cochran from the Alaska Native Science Commission highlighted the need for urgent action for climate justice in 2015.

“Climate change is an existential threat. We are the first generation to fully understand the seriousness of climate change and…

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On 22 April - Earth Day 2015 - Mary Robinson calls for global leadership on climate justice to ensure a stabilised climate and a transition to a world in which all people's human rights are protected.

Today, Earth Day today, we are reminded that 2015 is a year of global action. In 2015, governments will adopt…

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2015 is the time for climate justice argued Mary Robinson at the Grantham Annual Lecture 2015

2015 is a year of global action. Governments will adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals, work together to…

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On Monday, 13 April, ten members of the global High Level Advisory Committee to the Climate Justice Dialogue (HLAC) gathered for a public panel discussion at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin to discuss a key challenge of our time – climate change.

The High Level Advisory Committee to the Climate Justice Dialogue (HLAC) is a group of diverse leaders and advocates who…

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Jointly hosted by the UN Global Compact and the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice on 16 April 2015 at 14.00 BST, this webinar offers an opportunity to explore various ways business can respect human rights when taking action on climate change.

Webinar Considereding those people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – poor, disempowered and marginalised communities around the…

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Delivering the keynote address at the “Voices of our Time” event at Wake Forest University, US, on 26 March, Mary Robinson addressed the need for a people-centred approach to climate action that links human rights, development and climate change.

The event was part of a symposium on the “Human Face of Environmental Inequality” which took place at Wake Forest…

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Looking ahead to the upcoming climate agreement in Paris, the event on 20 March addressed questions around how non-state actors respond to the climate change challenge, and what role they can play in addressing the issue.

Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, delivered the keynote address at the event. Raising the need for…

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