Climate & Environment
Mary Robinson on Eamon Ryan’s international appeal and how to appease Irish farmers
The former president and chair of the elders said the government should spend ‘our children’s money’ on climate action to ensure their future
As others were congratulating the International Energy Agency on its 50th birthday in Paris last week, Mary Robinson used her platform to burst the celebratory bubble.
On a high-profile panel alongside John Kerry, the US climate envoy, and Bruno Le Maire, the French economy minister, the former Irish president told Eamon Ryan, who was chairing the conference, that governments were simply not in the required crisis mode to deal with the climate emergency.
“I just ...
