Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
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Accomplishments
- Former chair and current member of The Elders
- Former and first female President of Ireland (1990-97)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002)
- UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region (2013-14)
- UN Special Envoy on Climate Change (2014-15)
- UN Special Envoy on El Nino and Climate (2016)
- Chair and co-founder of Council of Women World Leaders
- Chancellor at University of Dublin (Trinity College) (1998-present)
- Recipient of Indira Gandhi and Sydney Peace Prizes
Climate Change and Climate Justice
- President, Mary Robinson Foundation- Climate Change
- Climate Justice Day and the Paris Agreement
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Climate Justice: Hope Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
Gender-sensitive climate policies that address reality of women's needs
Women, mothers, and grandmothers can fight for climate justice in their own communities
Coming to Western Michigan University
Friday, Jan. 25
7 p.m.
Dalton Center, WMU
Free and open to public
Complementary parking in lot 35, Miller Auditorium Ramp
Tickets are required
Attention: Due to the sold out status of the main seating, Dalton 1110 will be available for additional audience members to view her talk live streamed. Tickets are required for the overflow room. There will be persons present to direct you to the correct location. Should main seating become available, we will offer it to attendees on a first come, first serve basis.
Event sponsors
Kalamazoo Nature Center
People's Food Coop
Biology Club and Student Activities Fund
Haworth College of Business, Center for Sustainable Business Practices
Kercher Center for Social Research
Office of Sustainability (funded in part by a contribution from Mr. Phil Georgeau)
University Center of Humanities
Walker Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnic Relations
Western Michigan University, College of Arts and Sciences
Women's Caucus, College of Arts and Sciences
Western Michigan University, Institute of Environment and Sustainability and Academic Departments of Biological Sciences, Gender and Women's Studies, Geography, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Political Science, and Psychology