Former Irish President, Climate Justice Advocate Mary Robinson Urges Divestment of Fossil Fuel Firms
October 29, 2013
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15:25Now PlayingFormer Irish President, Climate Justice Advocate Mary Robinson Urges Divestment of Fossil Fuel Firms
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as posted by the channelAs the New York region marks the first anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, hurricanestrength winds are battering northern Europe today. At least a dozen people have already been killed across Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and France. Amidst an increase in extreme weather and storms, we discuss the movement to confront climate change with Mary Robinson, former Irish president and U.N. high commissioner for human rights. She now heads the Mary Robinson FoundationClimate Justice, where her efforts include campaigning for the divestment from fossil fuels. "We can no longer invest in companies that are part of the problem of the climate shocks we're suffering from," Robinson says. "To me it's a little bit like the energy behind the antiapartheid movement when I was a student. We were involved because we saw the injustice of it. There's an injustice in continuing to invest in fossil fuel companies that are part of the problem."
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