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| Mary Robinson pleads for climate justice on Tuesday night for disempowered people during the inaugural MSSI oration. |
The 300-seat David P Derham Theatre at the University of
Melbourne’s Law Building filled quickly when the doors opened about 5:45pm.
People flooded into listen to the president of the “Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice”, Mary Robinson, deliver that inaugural oration
entitled “Climate Justice after Paris”.
Ms Robinson, the former UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy
on Climate Change, the former High Commissioner for Human Rights and the former
President of Ireland, largely views climate through the prism of human rights.
“Former” appears in my of her acknowledgements, but not with
regard the foundation that bears her name as through it she is seeking climate
justice for those without a voice.
The Mary Robinson Foundation website says:
“A centre for
thought leadership, education and advocacy on the struggle to secure global
justice for those people vulnerable to the impacts of climate change who are
usually forgotten – the poor, the disempowered and the marginalised across the
world.
It is a platform for
solidarity, partnership and shared engagement for all who care about global
justice, whether as individuals and communities suffering injustice or as
advocates for fairness in resource-rich societies.
The Foundation
provides a space for facilitating action on climate justice to empower the
poorest people and countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable and
people-centred development.”
Tuesday night’s oration was recorded and the video will
be the posted on the MSSI website within a few days.
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