Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience & the Fight for a Sustainable Future
Mon, Mar 13
|Ann Arbor
21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability with Mary Robinson. First woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2023, 6:00 PM
Ann Arbor, 915 E Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
About the event
21st Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability: Mary Robinson
Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience & the Fight for a Sustainable FutureFirst woman President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Introduction and Q&A by U-M Provost Laurie McCauley
Join Robinson as she shares her passion for climate justice, human dignity, gender equality and women's participation in peace-building. She will highlight the urgent need for climate change action and how local, community-based action can grow into a global effort to build a sustainable future.
The Peter M. Wege Lecture Series focuses on the critical sustainability challenges of the 21st century, such as energy security and declining fossil resources, global climate change, freshwater scarcity, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, and sustainability strategies in developed and developing nations. Named in honor of Peter M. Wege, late vice-chair of the board of Steelcase, Inc., and renowned sustainability champion, the series brings internationally recognized leaders in sustainability to the University of Michigan campus.
This in-person event is free and open to the public; reserve your ticket here.
Presented by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability and the Center for Sustainable Systems.