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Gold Medal for Human Rights
Dr Bob Brown Gold Medal Keynote Address
Dr Bob Brown's powerful keynote address from the Gold Medal for Human Rights ceremony.
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March 27, 2020
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Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, General Coverage of SPF, Media, Peace Blog
Transferring the lessons from the response to COVID-19 to the climate crisis
Covid-19 is re-setting our global understanding of how we need to behave and respond to a global crisis, giving a new sense of humanity and what is important for our lives – physically, emotionally, spiritually and economically. It is demonstrating in
March 13, 2020
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2014 Julan Burnside, Events, General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, Media, News, Peace Blog
Presentation of the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Christiana Figueres
We were so honoured to award the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Christiana Figueres on 12 March in the Lord Mayor's Reception Room at the Sydney Town Hall. Christiana gave an impassioned speech about the need for urgent action
February 27, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
World’s top climate negotiator condemns Australian response to climate change
The leader of the Paris Climate Agreement talks says she is "deeply pained" by the attitude of the Australian Government to climate change in the wake of this summer's unprecedented bushfires. Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres became the United Nations' top
February 26, 2020
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2018 Joseph Stiglitz, General Coverage of SPF, News, Peace Blog
Joseph Stiglitz: “The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response.”
Advocates of the Green New Deal say there is great urgency in dealing with the climate crisis and highlight the scale and scope of what is required to combat it. They are right. They use the term “New Deal” to
February 25, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
10 Things You Can Do About Climate Change, According To The Shepherds Of The Paris Agreement
Christiana Figueres once credited the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with helping her shepherd 192 countries from blaming to collaborating, from paralysis to empowerment in the Paris Agreement. Now Figueres and her strategic advisor, former Buddhist monk Tom Rivett-Carnac, have penned a book
February 25, 2020
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General Coverage of SPF, Gold Medal for Human Rights, News, Peace Blog
Climate Champion Christiana Figueres to be awarded Gold Medal for Human Rights
The effects of climate change represent the single biggest threat to peace with justice. The Sydney Peace Foundation has chosen to honor the leadership of Christiana Figueres with the presentation of the 2020 Gold Medal for Human Rights because of her
February 1, 2020
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Articles by SPF Staff, Council & Community, General Coverage of SPF, Media, News, Peace Blog
Climate change and peace: the Sydney Peace Foundation to focus on climate change in 2020
Peace is much more than the absence of violence. Peace requires the presence of justice, institutions and structures preventing violence. ‘The risks associated with climate-related disasters do not represent a scenario of some distant future. They are already a reality for
September 23, 2019
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News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize
Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN
Greta Thunberg has excoriated world leaders for their “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis at a United Nations summit that failed to deliver ambitious new commitments to address dangerous global heating. In a stinging speech on
December 2, 2016
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2014 Julan Burnside, News from Sydney Peace Prize Laureates, Peace Blog
2012 Laureate Julian Burnside on Australia’s Response to Climate Change: What on Earth are we doing?
On 1 December, 2014 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Julian Burnside AO QC gave a stirring speech calling for Australia to uphold it's climate responsibilities. "I have long considered climate change the principal issue facing the world. It is a first-order issue.
November 10, 2016
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2016 Naomi Klein, Events, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
Miss out on tickets for Naomi Klein’s Lecture? Watch the Video Online Now
Did you miss out tickets for Naomi Klein's Sydney Peace Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony. No sweat, a full HD recording of the event is available here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20T46qub4VI
October 30, 2010
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2010 Vandana Shiva, Media, News, Peace Blog, Sydney Peace Prize
Vandana Shiva: Sowing Seeds of Hope and Change
VANDANA Shiva's journey from nuclear physicist to eco-feminist began with a trek in the Himalayas. Before beginning a PhD in Canada, she took a walk in the mountains where she had spent countless hours as a child trailing her father,