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Climate Justice

Mary Robinson

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"As advocate for the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world." -Barack Obama

"The antidote for your climate change paralysis." -Sierra

"Insightful and optimistic." -The Guardian

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson's mission to bring together the fight against climate change and the global struggle for human rights has taken her all over the world. It also brought her to a heartening revelation: that that an irrepressible driving force in the battle for climate justice could be found at the grassroots level, mainly among women, many of them mothers and grandmothers like herself. Robinson met with ordinary people whose resilience and ingenuity had already unlocked extraordinary change: from a Mississippi matriarch whose campaign began in her East Biloxi hair salon and culminated in her speaking at the United Nations, to a farmer who transformed the fortunes of her ailing community in rural Uganda.

In Climate Justice, she shares their stories, and many more. Powerful and deeply humane, this uplifting book is a stirring manifesto on one of the most pressing humanitarian issues of our time, and a lucid, affirmative, and well-argued case for hope.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Publish Date: Dec 10th, 2019
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 0.60in - 0.50lb
  • EAN: 9781635575927
  • Categories: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Natural ResourcesEarth Sciences - Geography

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About the Author

Robinson, Mary: - "Mary Robinson is President of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice. She served in two capacities as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Climate Change. She is the former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and is now a member of The Elders and the Club of Madrid. She has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 2019 Charleston John Maynard Keynes Prize."

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Critics’ reviews

Praise for this book

"As advocate for the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world." --Barack Obama

"Robinson's lucid, direct style works because it gives a voice to those who have taken it upon themselves to tackle Earth's most pressing problems. The book's central message is a mantra worth repeating: individual local action can grow into a global idea, producing positive change." --Observer

"Climate Justice is the antidote for your climate change paralysis . . . [Robinson] uses her powerful platform to highlight the work of mostly female climate activists in frontline communities that are already reeling from the effects of climate change . . . Written in a post-Trump world, Climate Justice burns with urgency." --Sierra Magazine

"Exceptionally informative and impressively organized and presented, 'Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future' is an erudite and documented manifesto with respect to a critically important and universal humanitarian issue." --Midwest Book Review

"Robinson's humility and compassion resonates through her story-telling. [Her] stories provide a window into our own future." --Irish Times

"Robinson and Palmer highlight inspiring stories of ordinary people who are making a difference for the environment-especially women who have become 'agents of change.'" --Foreword Reviews

"Robinson fights despair with inspiring stories of activists, politicians and others who are helping people mitigate and adapt to the changes . . . Putting a human face to those on the front lines and giving them a voice, Robinson illustrates the day-to-day impacts of climate change on those around the world, making the threat more real, more pressing, and, ultimately, more frightening . . . Climate Justice is a compelling, easy read that should persuade people to take personal responsibility for the problem" --Ms. Magazine

"Robinson puts a human face on this politically charged issue, adding to the climate change conversation. Highly recommended." --Starred review, Library Journal

"Robinson is uniquely qualified to write about the international fight for climate-change justice . . . A surefire winner." --Booklist

"Giving voice to the previously voiceless, providing seats at the table not only for the powerful who are proceeding heedlessly, but for those who have been suffering devastating consequences . . . Hopeful and optimistic . . . [Robinson] tells engaging stories of extraordinary accomplishments by ordinary people." --Kirkus Reviews

"An elegant and readable account of climate information and policy, embedded in ten powerful accounts of climate activists from around the world, eight of which focus on women . . . The accounts in Climate Justice share a trajectory of awakening, power, and the promise of deep, community-based change." --Women's Review of Books