Climate, Conflict and Gender

Jul 25, 2019 | OSCE
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Mary Robinson, founder of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Change and chair of The Elders, the group of global leaders established by Nelson Mandela, is a passionate advocate for gender equality and action on climate change. She was the first woman President of Ireland, UN High Commission for Human Rights and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Change. On 5 July 2019 she spoke at an OSCE high-level discussion in Vienna on women as the victims and the heroes in the climate change crisis.