About the Speaker:
Mary Robinson is President of the Mary Robinson Foundation -- Climate Justice, which she founded in 2010. She previously served as the first woman President of Ireland (1990-1997), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002) and founder and President of Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative (2002-2010). Mary Robinson is a member of the Elders, former Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders and a member of the Club of Madrid. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2009.
About the Speech:
Mary Robinson discussed the mission of her new Foundation -- to put justice for the poor and the forgotten at the heart of the climate debate and to empower the marginalised to achieve sustainable and people-centred development.
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