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In keynote address on Sunday, South African-born Kumi Naidoo stressed the need for a 鈥渕antle of leadership鈥 among all people as humanity works to address climate change, with a more inclusive, collective approach.
On the second day of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, keynote speaker and former Irish President Mary Robinson posed a question about a pretty, yellow plant we all know but might not love: the- Sheila Watt-Cloutier has a simple prescription for staying warm in the icy fringes of the Arctic where average annual temperatures can plummet down to near zero degrees Fahrenheit: Don鈥檛 eat brand-name soup.
Kumi Naidoo, a South African activist, Rhodes scholar and former executive director of Greenpeace International, will deliver a keynote speech at this year Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in Boulder, Colorado.
On Dec. 7, 2005, Canadian-born mother and grandmother Sheila Watt-Cloutier filed a 163-page petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arguing that the impacts of climate change violated the 鈥渇undamental human rights鈥 of Indigenous Inuit people like her across the Arctic.
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, global advocate for indigenous rights and health, and a leader focused on the impact of climate change on human rights, will present a keynote address at the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit.- One of the world most respected advocates for climate justice and Ireland first woman President, Mary Robinson leads the Mary Robinson Foundation鈥擟limate Justice, a center for thought leadership, education and advocacy for the poor and disempowered in the world that are disproportionately threatened by climate change.
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