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 Kirdanu Girmay, a farmer and researcher from Tigray, Ethiopia (right), who participated alongside Berhanu Woelde-Michael, Director, Food Security Coordination Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Ethiopia (centre) and Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Regional Programme Leader, CCAFS (left), 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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Public Participation, Public Access to Information and International Cooperation on these Matters

Posted on 9th May 2018

This article is in Categories: Statements and Speeches, Ensure that Decisions on Climate Change are Participatory, Transparent and Accountable, Harness the Transformative Power of Education for Climate Stewardship, Highlight Gender Equality and Equity, Human Rights, Respect and Protect Human Rights, Use Effective Partnerships to Secure Climate Justice

Mary Robinson delivered a keynote speech at the 6th Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) Dialogue during UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn on May 9th. ACE is the focus of Article 6 of the UNFCCC related to – education, training, public awareness, public participation, public access to information and international cooperation. Mary Robinson focused her remarks on the right to participation in the context of climate action.

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