Thought Leadership

We pose five questions to former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, who is among the featured speakers at the first Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. Former U.N. high commissioner of human rights and author of the 2019 bestseller Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable...

We pose five questions to another co-chair of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit steering committee: Heidi VanGenderen. Heidi VanGenderen is CU Boulder’s first chief sustainability officer and an expert in environmental sustainability. She has years of experience developing sustainable strategies at the local, state, national and international levels, including her term as senior energy advisor for the Worldwatch Institute.

In this month’s newsletter, we pose a few questions to Benjamin Schachter, U.N. Human Rights officer and environment team leader, and a key partner for the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit.

Jim Anaya is Distinguished Professor and the Nicholas Doman Professor of International Law at the University of Colorado Law School and one of three co-chairs of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit steering committee. The law school’s former dean, Anaya has lectured around the world, advised internationally on...