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The Doomsday Clock is moving again: Every second counts

7 February 2025

Helen Clark shares insights from her recent visits to Davos and the Norad annual conference, emphasising the importance of collaboration to secure lasting solutions to global threats.

Speeches and Discussions

"Every second counts": Doomsday Clock shows humanity closer than ever to catastrophe

Juan Manuel Santos

28 January 2025

Escalating threats require unity and bold leadership

Harnessing The Power of Intergenerational Solidarity for Global Transformation

The first blog in a collaborative series between the United Nations Youth Office and The Elders, focused on intergenerational solidarity

Doomsday Clock: What time will it be in 2025?

Juan Manuel Santos

Event: 28 Jan. Juan Manel Santos joins Doomsday clock unveiling

Overwhelming times call for action and ambition

Graça Machel reflects on a year of global challenges, calling for collective action and accountability

Mary Robinson reacts to final COP29 agreement

Mary Robinson reacts to final COP29 agreement

Nature must no longer be a silent victim of war

20 November 2024

Mary Robinson highlights the environmental impact of conflicts during the Ukraine Pavilion panel at COP29

Speeches and Discussions

Why leaders must put children first at COP27

With a foreword by Juan Manuel Santos, Lamisi Awini and Patience Agyekum call on leaders to centre intergenerational justice in their climate action.

No more empty pledges at COP27: We need inclusive action on climate finance

With a foreword by Ban Ki-moon, Selamawit Desta Wubet urges for an inclusive COP and the delivery of climate finance.

Leaders must go beyond platitudes at COP27: they must deliver on climate finance promises

Mary Robinson writes for the New Statesman on power, action and the need for progress on Loss and Damage to be prioritised at COP27.

Loss and Damage financing will mean there is hope for climate justice

With a foreword by Hina Jilani, Ineza Umuhoza Grace writes about loss and damage as hope for achieving climate justice.

Elders Statements

The Elders warn G20: your failure of leadership is worsening global crises

Elders Statement: The Elders today challenge G20 leaders to do their job: to rise above their differences and find consensus on the leadership needed to tackle the inter-connected crises facing humanity.

This will only be a truly 'African COP' if African climate crisis issues are prioritised

With a foreword by Gro Harlem Brundtland, Makoma Lekalakala from South Africa explains why leaders at COP27 must recognise and prioritise African climate concerns.

Women’s leadership is essential to addressing the climate crisis

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf reflects on the injustice of the climate crisis, the need for women's leadership and the importance of solidarity and international cooperation.

The Elders' calls to action at COP27

The Elders lay out their calls to action that must be delivered upon at COP27 to achieve climate justice

Indigenous women must be present at decision making tables

Championed by Ellen Johnson Sirlief, Jane Meriwas from Kenya writes about the need to listen to, respect and value the leadership and solutions of Indigenous people.

Marking Mandela Day 2022, Mary Robinson reflects on the global state of hope

Mary Robinson's State of Hope Talk explores the legacy of Mandela and the dearly-missed friend, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The G7 must lead the way for a just climate transition

Mary Robinson highlights that the G7 summit must be where rich nations finally deliver on the finance promises they have made.

Speeches and Discussions

Climate justice is key to addressing the climate crisis

Mary Robinson discusses the importance of climate justice as an indispensable concept, framework and guide for addressing the climate crisis.

Speeches and Discussions

We must work together to make justice for all a reality

At the World Justice Forum, Mary Robinson reiterates the need for inclusive, intergenerational, people-centered justice systems.

A people-centred approach to the energy transition is needed

Mary Robinson Ban Ki-moon

Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders to implement a just and inclusive energy transition at the Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) Forum in Kigali.

Speeches and Discussions

Young people should not be an optional extra in climate decision making

Mary Robinson discusses the importance of intergenerational cooperation in the climate decision making process.

We need to see a full implementation of what was agreed at COP26

Mary Robinson explores climate justice and the fight for a sustainable future at Foreign Policy's Climate Summit.

International Women’s Day: Unrepresentative climate decision-making must be put behind us

Despite being too often excluded from decision-making processes, women and girls play a critical role in addressing the climate crisis. There must be equitable and inclusive representation in all climate negotiations, says Mary Robinson.

Africa must speak with one voice at COP27

Mary Robinson explores how Africa must stand as one ahead of COP27 to address their concerns on adaptation and to limit global warming to 1.5° C.

Speeches and Discussions

Cooperation between China and US crucial for sustainability and prosperity

Mary Robinson emphasises how cooperation between China and the US is needed to develop robust frameworks for 21st century governance.

Elders Statements

The Elders deplore dereliction of leadership at COP26 and call for urgent climate action

The Elders express disappointment at the lack of progress at COP26.

Speeches and Discussions

Parliamentarians must make sure climate commitments are met after COP26

Speaking at COP26, Mary Robinson asks the Inter-Parliamentary Union to use their voices in the fight against the climate crisis.

Speeches and Discussions

Leaders have to come up with a pathway to close the gap to 1.5°C

Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos addresses the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP26, discussing how climate action and preventing biodiversity loss must go hand in hand.

No climate action without climate education

Jordan Madden is a young climate activist from the US. He explains why climate education is the basis for climate action. Foreword by Mary Robinson.

COP26: A roadmap to 1.5°C requires leaders to show a ‘crisis mindset’

As the World Leaders Summit closes and the detailed COP26 negotiations begin, are we on track to keep 1.5°C alive?

Speeches and Discussions

"Climate finance must be distributed in a gender-responsive way"

Mary Robinson urges for women's voices to be heard in climate finance discussions at COP26.

Radical action at COP26 is urgently needed to tackle the climate crisis

Leaders must step up and face their responsibilities in Glasgow to keep 1.5°C alive.

Speeches and Discussions

The legal community must refuse to remain silent in the face of the climate crisis

Mary Robinson explores the important role the legal community has to play to uphold human rights in the climate crisis.

Our planet is on the table at COP26

As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the most important climate summit of the decade, Ricardo Lagos reflects on what is at stake, and reiterates The Elders' calls for ambitious leadership at COP26.

Hope at COP26 must be backed by decisive action from world leaders

Major political efforts are required in Glasgow if we are to have any hope of averting the most disastrous consequences of climate change.

Speeches and Discussions

Imagine a future with the courage needed to achieve climate justice

Mary Robinson addresses delegates at the Arctic Circle Assembly, discussing the damage of global warming and climate injustice.

Speeches and Discussions

Human rights and solidarity are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals

Human rights and solidarity are at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Climate change: women must be heard at COP26

The growing climate crisis affects more women than men, and its solutions must reflect the fact that it is a feminist issue, writes Mary Robinson.

The climate crisis and COVID-19 defined this year’s UN General Assembly

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

Zeid Raad Al Hussein reiterates the need for global solutions to global problems, and the pivotal role of the multilateral system in addressing our shared challenges such as the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.

"In the end, what we need is justice": Born into the climate crisis

Championed by Ban Ki-moon, Mitzi Jonelle Tan from the Philippines writes about the frightening and devastating impacts of climate change and calls for an urgent end to the burning of fossil fuels.

Speeches and Discussions

The leadership of the G20 is crucial in securing a safer future

Ban Ki-moon addresses leaders at the F20 Climate Solutions Forum, emphasising the need for G20 leaders to step up their climate commitments ahead of climate COP26 in Glasgow.

“When the ocean suffers, we all suffer”: Tackling the crises of plastics and climate change

Eighteen-year-old climate activist Hannah Testa from the US writes about the links between ocean pollution and climate change and calls forcefully for urgent action taking a holistic view on the climate crisis.

The next level of climate advocacy: Beyond fake smiles and fruitless handshakes

Sudanese climate activist Nisreen Elsaim advocates a comprehensive view on climate justice that considers intergenerational, geographical and gender justice, regardless of personal and national wealth.

Multilateralism is key to tackling both global conflicts and the climate crisis

The Elders call for responsible and ethical leadership amid concerns about conflict in Afghanistan and the climate emergency.

The impacts of climate change: Why biodiversity matters

Priyanka Lalla, a 14-year-old climate activist from Trinidad and Tobago, on the links between biodiversity and climate change, and how and we urgently need to restore nature’s balance.

Australia must do its part and lift its climate commitments

Amid a critical decade for our planet and ahead of COP26, Australia must commit to net-zero emissions by 2050 and pledge new climate finance, says Ban Ki-moon.

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