The Latest Breaking News from Mary Robinson

As global climate negotiators seek to eke out progress, participants say they are witnessing backsliding in one unexpected area -- gender.

Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress

Briefing papers newly released by Ireland’s national archive talk of princess’s ‘obvious ignorance’ of constitutional position

Briefing note reveals how Irish government planned to break news that Patrick Hillery would not attend wedding between to royals

As the UN warns that trillions of dollars are being poured into activities that directly harm nature, prominent climate advocate Mary Robinson has called on governments to take science more seriously amid efforts to bring about nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.

Former Ireland leader issues firm response in row over comments made to her by Cop28 president

The president of this year’s United Nations Conference Of The Parties on Climate Change (COP28), Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber has claimed that there is “no science” to prove that using less fossil fuels will help battle climate change. Sounds like someone’s been doing their own research. Hundreds of world politicians have…

Sultan Al Jaber wrongly claimed that phasing out fossil fuels would not help reach the planet climate change goals

The comments came shortly before talks kicked off in Dubai. In reality, scientists warn that further fossil fuel development is driving global warming.