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Rich Countries Must Meet Their Biodiversity Financing Pledges | by Mary Robinson - Project Syndicate

Jul 11, 2024 | project-syndicate.org | Mary Robinson

DUBLIN – This summer of record-breaking heat waves and contentious elections around the world offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the role individuals can play in driving positive change. By building coalitions and amplifying the voices of those most affected by crises, we can muster the courage and political will needed to overcome seemingly insurmountable global challenges.
How Change Can End Corporate Abuse

Dec 21, 2023 | newsweek.com | Mary Robinson |Phil Bloomer

00:46Chinese Media Issues Warning To Europe, Calls For 'Revolution' By Mary Robinson and Phil Bloomer former president of Ireland; executive director of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Hats off to the European Union (EU). Europe has made a landmark agreement to oblige big business to reduce human rights abuses and environmental harms—or face legal action.
Why more promises won’t cut it at COP this week

Nov 26, 2023 | afr.com | Mary Robinson

The latest UN assessment shows current climate policies would mean a predicted 9 per cent rise in global emissions from 2010 to 2030, despite scientific consensus demanding a 45 per cent reduction in the same timeframe. Meanwhile, despite projections of global clean energy investments reaching $US1.7 trillion ($2.6 trillion) in 2023, oil and gas industry profits soared to an estimated $US4 trillion last year while fossil fuel subsidies hit a record $US7 trillion.
We cannot afford to have a bad COP

Nov 26, 2023 | on.ft.com | Mary Robinson

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We need to stop gambling with our planet - and our well-being - now

Oct 26, 2023 | eco-business.com | Mary Robinson |Johan Rockström

Holding global warming as close as possible to 1.5°C will require much more than “only” phasing out fossil fuels and reducing all other greenhouse emissions. We can no longer ignore Earth’s other life support systems that we are rapidly destroying.
We need to stop gambling with our planet

Oct 19, 2023 | context.news | Johan Rockström |Mary Robinson

Respecting planetary boundaries can bring us back to a safe operating space where Earth’s life support systems are not at riskJohan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam. Mary Robinson is former President of Ireland and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is now Chair of The Elders.
Maritimo M75 - Lakeland Boating

Oct 1, 2023 | lakelandboating.com | Christy Bauhs |Mary Robinson

The design, styling and performance of the brand-new Maritimo M75 will impress both discerning owners and captains alike. The M75 includes voluminous interior spaces, and the variable deadrise hull is designed for performance with straight shafts connected to five-blade Nibral propellers. Low shaft angles, a hallmark of Maritimo, allow access to many ports and improved efficiency underway.
A changing tide: thoughts from the Africa Climate Summit

Sep 18, 2023 | greeneconomycoalition.org | Kumi Naidoo |Mary Robinson |Oliver Greenfield

Summer 2023 might be remembered as the coolest of our lifetime. As global heating continues to worsen, this year has already brought a litany of extreme weather with heatwaves, fires, droughts and floods across the planet, with dramatic consequences. Cliamte scientists also tell us that we still have time to avert the very worst possible outcomes, but we need to accelerate our responses.
Eco-Social Contracts for the Polycrisis

Sep 12, 2023 | greeneconomycoalition.org | Kumi Naidoo |Mary Robinson |Oliver Greenfield |Jean McLean

Our major new research publication on eco-social contracts examines how "eco-social contracts" - a catch-all term for democratic renewal through new mechanisms of social governance - can step up to the policy challenges of the 21st century. The following is taken from the introduction - download the full report to read more. By the middle of 2020 it was already apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic was a seismic shock which would reshape global society.