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☆ Mary Robinson: Gender equality is going backward in some countries because of populist movements
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMary Robinson: Gender equality is going backward in some countries because of populist movementsThe former president of Ireland and current chair of The Elders, an independent group of global leaders “working together for peace, justice and human rights,” talks to CNBC’s Tania Bryer about the greatest challenges facing gender equality today, the plight of women and girls in global conflicts, Project Dandelion (the first global, women-led campaign for climate justice) and her admiration for Nikki Haley’s courage running in the U.S. Republican presidential race.

Persons: Mary Robinson, “, ”, CNBC’s Tania Bryer, Nikki Haley’s Organizations: Elders, U.S, Republican

☆ Women's voices are not at the table enough in peace-making, says former Irish president
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWomen's voices are not at the table enough in peace-making, says former Irish presidentMary Robinson, former Irish president and chair of The Elders organization, discusses the conflict in Gaza and ongoing calls for a ceasefire.

Persons: Mary Robinson Organizations: Elders Locations: Gaza

☆ Opinion: What do you expect when an oil executive runs the climate talks?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Opinion John D. Sutter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —As someone who’s been reporting on the climate crisis for more than a decade, I can say that the most insidious threat to climate action isn’t denial or apathy. That’s tragic, especially in light of the long and frustrating history of fossil fuel interests injecting doubt into policy conversations about the climate crisis. The broad strokes of climate science have been well understood for several decades now. The fallout of that doubt still haunts political conversations about the climate crisis today. In the United States, only 35% of adults talk about the climate crisis at least occasionally, according to a 2021 survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Persons: John D, Sutter, Ted Turner, Read, who’s, Sutter Beth Mickalonis, Sultan Al Jaber, Al Jaber, Mary Robinson, ”, Al Jaber’s, It’s Organizations: Environmental Media, George Washington University, CNN, COP28, United, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, “, The Guardian, UN, Programme, Sutter, Yale Locations: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, UN, Paris, United States

☆ Climate summit leader said there’s ‘no science’ behind need to phase out fossil fuels, alarming scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The president of the COP28 climate summit, Sultan Al Jaber, recently claimed there is “no science” that says phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, in comments that have alarmed climate scientists and advocates. The future role of fossil fuels is one of the most controversial issues countries are grappling with at the COP28 climate summit. Al Jaber was asked by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and current chair of the Elders Group, an independent group of global leaders, if he would lead on phasing out fossil fuels. While some argue carbon capture will be an important tool for reducing planet-heating pollution, others argue these technologies are expensive, unproven at scale and a distraction from policies to cut fossil fuel use. “They are not going to get any help from the COP Presidency in delivering a strong outcome on a fossil fuel phase out,” he said in a statement.

Persons: Sultan Al Jaber, Al Jaber, Mary Robinson, Robinson, ”, Al Jaber’s, what’s, Romain Ioualalen, Al, ” Joeri, Mohamed Adow, Angela Dewan, Rachel Ramirez Organizations: CNN, ”, Guardian, Elders Group, Abu, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, UN, International Energy Agency, IEA, Stockholm Environment Institute, Change, Imperial College London Locations: Paris, “, Abu Dhabi, Stockholm, UN, UAE

☆ Northern Ireland recognises women who helped bring peace
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Amanda Ferguson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"There wouldn't be a Good Friday agreement to celebrate today if it were not for the women of Northern Ireland," Clinton said, to applause from the audience. The peace accord largely ended 30 years of violence between mainly Catholic nationalist opponents and mainly Protestant unionist supporters of British rule. Other recipients included Ireland's first female president, Mary Robinson, Northern Ireland's first female first minister, Arlene Foster and Lyra McKee, a journalist who was killed in 2019 during an outbreak of the sporadic violence that still exists. "I was amazed that my name was among such an illustrious group of women," Avila Killmurray, a co-founder of the Women's Coalition, said at the ceremony. "However it's really nice because I worked mainly with women in local communities and I think very often their contribution over the years doesn't go recognised enough."

☆ Ukraine War Moves ‘Doomsday Clock’ 10 Seconds Closer to Midnight
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on Tuesday unveiled their updated ‘Doomsday Clock,’ which is now 90 seconds to midnight. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the specter of nuclear weapon use, Earth crept its closest to Armageddon, a science-oriented advocacy group said, moving its famous “Doomsday Clock” up to just 90 seconds before midnight. “We are really closer to that doomsday,” former Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia said Tuesday at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists annual announcement rating how close humanity is from doing itself in. He and former Ireland President Mary Robinson joined scientists to underscore what they consider a gathering of several existential threats, with Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s actions and words chief among them.

The hands of the Doomsday Clock are closer to midnight than ever before, with humanity facing a time of “unprecedented danger” that has increased the likelihood of a human-caused apocalypse, a group of scientists announced Tuesday. “We are living in a time of unprecedented danger, and the Doomsday Clock time reflects that reality,” Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said in a statement, adding that “it’s a decision our experts do not take lightly.”The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight on Tuesday. When it was unveiled in 1947, the clock was set at 7 minutes to midnight, with “midnight” signifying human-caused apocalypse. In 2020, the Bulletin set the Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight, the first time it had moved within the two-minute mark. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 to examine global security issues related to science and technology.

☆ Putin's nuclear threats move Doomsday Clock closest ever to Armageddon, atomic scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Christina Wilkie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 2023 Doomsday Clock is displayed before a live-streamed event with members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on January 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The group has been measuring real and existential threats to humankind, from climate change to the prospects of nuclear war, for more than 70 years. The renewed global threat of nuclear war was compounded by the ongoing Covid pandemic, experts noted. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by the late physicist and Nobel laureate Albert Einstein, as well as scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bomb. The clock's threats "focus on manmade threats: nuclear risk, climate change and new disruptive technologies, including bio technologies," said Bronson.

☆ Analysis: COP27 loss and damage fund heralds 'new dawn for climate justice'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Megan Rowling | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Yeb Saño, head of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said the fund's approval "marks a new dawn for climate justice." While the loss and damage fund would not be enough to deal with growing climate losses, "it is a much-needed political signal to rebuild broken trust" between rich and poor nations, he said in a video statement. Their opposition was rooted in fears of being held financially liable for the impacts of their historically high greenhouse gas emissions. FOSSIL FUELS MISSINGPolitical figures had urged countries at COP27 to set aside geopolitical fights in order to keep climate action on track. Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, global climate and energy lead for environmental group WWF, who presided over COP20 in Peru, said leaders had missed the chance in Egypt to speed up the rapid and deep emissions cuts essential to limit climate damage.

☆ Să-ți placă ciocolata și s-o savurezi cu poftă! Secretele fabricii de cofetărie care de 75 de ani produce bomboane autentice — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Autor Invitat | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +15 min

Dar cum au reușit autoritățile irlandeze să implice diaspora în dezvoltarea țării și care ar fi soluțiile pentru Republica Moldova? În 1970, la Dublin a fost creată Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Industrială (IDA), responsabilă de noile tehnologii și investiții străine. În 1993, Mary Robinson, președinta Irlandei, a mers în Parlament și a abordat subiectul diasporei. Prin urmare, Irlanda a început să creeze legături cu irlandezii din străinătate, în special cei din SUA. Bugetul instituției pentru anul 2020 a fost de 1,5 milioane lei, adică mai puțin de 75 de mii de euro.

Persons: Sean Lemass, Mary Robinson, Ea, UE . Șomajul, Nadejda, Nadejda Zubco, Oleg Chiriță, Dumitru Vicol, Vicol ., Dumitru, Vicol Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, IDA, The Economist, Enterprise Ireland, irlandeze, Microsoft, Dell, Intel, Google, Facebook, Fund, Organizația, BRD, Radio Europa Liberă Locations: Irlandei, Moldova, Irlanda, Europei, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Coreea de Sud, SUA, Republica Moldova, Dublin, străinătate, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Ireland, Atlantic, donau, Britanii, Luxemburg, UE, Chișinău, Mijlocii, Republicii Moldova, BRD, Bruxelles, americană, Londra, Britanie, Franța, Europa de Vest, ecfr.eu, zn.ua

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