Goodwill and with a strong message of our cities in saying that we dont accept this. Of keepingfind a way the security of our citizens inhout breaking the privacy this massive way. A delegation of european lawmakers is in washington this week to press their concerns over u. S. Surveillance. Germany and france are now seeking a firm no spying agreement with the u. S. European Parliament Members of germany and spain also spoke. The United Nations says syria is on target to meet a deadline for destroying Production Equipment for its chemical weapons stockpile. Inspectors say they been able to verify 21 of 23 chemical weapons sites with the remaining two unreachable because theyre located in a conflict zone. Syria is slated to destroy chemical facilities. A polio outbreak has been confirmed among children in northwest northeast area. At least 10 children in a province have been paralyzed with the disease. The World Health Organization says it is their first polio outbreak in syria since 1999. With thousands of Syrian Refugees fleeing their homes by the day, Health Workers are warning the disease could spread. The interamerican to mission on human rights has asked the u. S. To explain alleged abuses at guantanamo pay and great immediate access to investigators. Citing the forcefeeding of hunger striking prisoners, one panel member said the Available Evidence indicates a general and systematic violation of human rights. On monday, the u. S. Ambassador was also askedon to answer questions over nsa spying worldwide. On both guantanamo and the nsa, he said he couldnt provide an immediate answer because the Government Shutdown left his team without enough time to prepare. A brazilian judge has ordered hold to construction of the major hydroelectric am in the amazon rain forest, citing the violation of environmental commitments. The 11 billion project was initially approved over the objections of indigenous communities who have brought numerous challenges warned of ecological damage and mass displacement. A federal judge has ruled the key portion of the recent texas antiabortion law is unconstitutional. On monday, district judge lee yeakel struck down provisions that required owners admitting privileges for abortion doctors at nearby hospitals. The restrictions would have forced dozens of abortion clinics to close their doors. Texas governor perry has vowed to appeal. The rest of the law goes into including a, ban on abortion at 20 weeks post fertilization. The bill inspired peoples filibuster and a stanford texas state senator wendy davis. She is now running for governor of texas. Ohio is planning on using an unprecedented drug combination for an execution after a Danish Company band its sedative from involvement in the death penalty. Ohio Officials Say they will be the two drugs on a dead prisoner next month. The combination is never been tried in the u. S. Ohio says it has run out of pentobarbital, made by the and nowirm lundbeck, banned from u. S. Prisons they carry out capital punishment. President obama appeared at a he i headquarters monday to welcome new director james conley. Obama told fbi staffers he will fight to restore the agencys full budget under sequestration. I will keep fighting for those resources because our country asks and expects a lot from you and we should make sure you have the resources you need to do the job, especially when any of your colleagues put their lives on the line on a daily basis all to serve and protect our fellow citizens will stop the least we can do is make sure you have the resources for it and your operations are not disruptive because of politics. , he was sworn in last month in a private ceremony. He has instructed all new agents to visit the memorial to dr. Martin luther king jr. On the capitol mall is a lesson of what he called the dangers in becoming untethered to oversight and accountability. Has State University reached a nearly 60 million settlement with 26 victims of the child sex abuse committed by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. Up to six other victims are not a part of the settlement and remain involved in talks with school officials. Sandusky is serving a sentence of 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing 10 young boys. Three former top penn state officials are facing trial for their alleged role in the cover up of sanduskys crimes. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today marks the First Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy ,itting the ne east coast becoming one of the most a struct of storms in the nation history. After first pummeling cuba, jamaica, and the dominican republic, sandy made its way up the east coast. The storm ultimately killed 150 nine people, damaged more than 650,000 homes. Thousands of people remain displaced. As the new york region marks the First Anniversary of the hurricane, hurricane strength winds are battling Northern Europe today. At least a dozen people have been killed across britain, germany, the netherlands, denmark, and france. Later in the show we will look at the Superstorm Sandy recovery effort and speak to a woman who is still displaced from her home. We begin todays show with former irish president Mary Robinson. She served as president of ireland from 1990 to 1997 and you and high commissioner for human rights from 1997 to 2002. She now heads the Mary Robinson justice. N climate i recently sat down with her in new orleans the meeting of groups. Ental Climate Justice starts with climate shocks are affecting the very poorest communities and poorest countries and poor parts of the United States like louisiana, which is still recovering from katrina. They have been least responsible for what we now know is causing Climate Change. I was in new york, 95 of scientists are now satisfied and firmly believe this is human cause. I know there are deniers and there is money supporting these deniers to confuse us, but we cant be confused anymore because the impacts of climate are undermining human rights all over the world. Wheres the money coming from for the Denial Movement . I think a lot is coming from those who benefit at the moment fossil fuels. The oil and coal communities. It reminds me of the tobacco issue. It is causing denial of an issue that we should be taking so seriously and working together on, all countries in the world, large and small should be unequivocal in working to have a transfer mode of the ship to a low carbon economy. What you think of the whole movement . Andm glad young people others are seeing the need to bring home. We can no longer investing companies that are part of the problem of the climate shocks we are suffering from. I speak openly and encouraged students and colleges to be part little bit like the Energy Behind the Anti Apartheid Movement when i was a student. We were all involved because we saw the injustice of it. There is an injustice in continuing to invest in fossil fuel companies that are part of the problem. My foundation has joined with an institute of the declaration of, justice. , justice. Climate justice. Theres no point in going to the arctic and looking for new fossil reserves. I just gave the commencement address at hamsher college, which is one of the centers of this issue of divestment. , now president of hamsher college . Yes, i know him and i am aware he is organizing a conference next year on the divestment issue. I think it is great for somebody who is so knowledgeable as he is is prepared to take a certain amount of political flak. It is not easy as the president of the college to stand up and i think he is aware he has to give that leadership and he is. You are active in the Divestment Movement against apartheid south africa in ireland. Maybe came ofoday age when it was Nelson Mandela that was president of south africa may not understand what this issue was about at the time. There is a recognition that it was going to be difficult to get change in south africa, although the majority of the people, the black and colored South Africans were discriminated against, in prison including Nelson Mandela himself and his colleagues and there should be a real move to stop companies from investing in south africa and perpetrating that apartheid system. So in ireland, we had a very active, strong movement, even we had a kind of mini situation where women workers in one of the stores would not handle South African goods. They were fired. They were fired for taking a stand. They were reinstated because there was such an outcry about it. When Nelson Mandela came to ireland as president many years later, he referred to these women. They knew about the sacrifice of ordinary women because they believe in justice. We need young people and women and others to stand up now which thee way in corporate sector that is engaged in fossil fuels is buying bad science, spreading wrong information, and try to prevent us from addressing what we really need to address, which is transformation leadership to low carbon growth. What would divestment lead to . I think it really would lead to a recognition that we are talking about stranded assets. That is a term many people arent yet fully aware of. Knoink of asbestos, you we know it is dangerous so people wont use it. We have to get to the same situation. We are not going to do it overnight. We actually need to recognize developing countries need more time to adapt. So i would like to see europe and the United States and korea and other parts of japan moving more quickly, as germany is because weenewables have the responsibility. It is our fossil fuelled growth that is cause the problem. What you mean by renewables . I think many people in the u. S. Would have no idea. Potential of solar, wind, wave power, and various forms of Renewable Energy where we can actually have good lives i think the science we need these new technologies, the organic Solar Technologies that is coming on stream, to be free to developing countries because that would help them to adapt and they need that support. We can have very good lifestyles. It can also mean those who havent had access to electricity and there are many of them 1. 3 billion who have no light and the home, no electricity, just dangerous candles we can have that tech ella to to help those alreadyies who are affected by climate shock. As the former president of ireland, you mingle with heads of state around the world and with heads of corporations. Do you have any sense these heads of corporations like exxon mobil, like bp, like chevron, are changing . One of the positive factors now is that i mean go a lot with forwardlooking Business Leaders. There are two types of Business Leaders in this context. Those who are profiting from fossil fuel developed profits and want to keep it that way, and a very significant number of Business Leaders who know very well that we have to move to a low carbon economy, that we have to address this issue because otherwise, we would have social unrest and displacement. That is very bad for business. Many good Business Leaders are interested in getting away from the shortterm quarterly returns to real sustainability. We have been talking about sustainability since the rio conference. That means economic sustainability, environmental and social sustainability. I think corporations know now they need to triple the bottom line. You mentioned social unrest and displacement as the real effects of Climate Change. What do you mean . It is all ready having that many people are having to leave their places where they were living. We heard from the panel this morning in louisiana, in new orleans, about people can no longer be in certain places. It is happening worldwide. But we are not seen the full scale of it yet. The prediction is we may have up to 200 million climatedisplaced people by 2050. And that means . It was climate that forced them to leave. We dont have a good title for it. We cannot call them climate refugees because there is no convention. We need to think about that. There are those thinking seriously about some way now of ensuring there would be a Safe Movement elsewhere. At the moment, that is not the case. People move in a very unsafe and insecure way. President robinson, youre the former u. N. High commissioner for human rights. What is the connection between human rights and Climate Justice, Climate Change . I came to the climate issue from a human rights perspective. I am not a climate scientist, though my foundation very much relies and keeps true to the science. But for me, the shocks of Climate Change are going to be, and already becoming, the worst a mysterious human rights issue. It is about the future of the world. We have to understand if we go to four degrees celsius, and many people think that is where we are heading translate that. It would be catastrophic. Released able to cope. I found after my work is high commissioner of human rights was finished, i went to new york and had colleagues in washington and geneva focusing on african countries right now and decent work and security. Was, things are so much worse. We no longer predictable rainy seasons. Our village, where we grew up we had enough food but now we have flash flooding. That brought home to me, this is essentially a human rights issue. What is the connection between poverty and nutrition and Climate Change . Very, very much. My Foundation Hosted with the Irish Government last april a very Good Conference during the irish eu presidency. We had du commissioners and ministers from different european countries, with the deputy Prime Minister and others listening to those who had come from different communities around the world. , parts ofthe arctic africa. All of them very clear about what the problem was and that they were needing more support and needed understanding, that they actually had the knowledge. That was very empowering to them. We make mistakes if we try to do from the outside will communities themselves know best, as you heard this morning. You mentioned the u. N. , summit. Democracy now has been at copenhagen, cancun, doha, durban, even at the people summit in bolivia. The next one is in warsaw, poland. A major polluter, coal polluter in the world. Many saw president obama flying into copenhagen and really being the one to collapse any kind of binding agreement on Climate Change. What should be the role of the u. S. And also what about the fact it is poland this year . I have followed the summits closely with my colleagues. I think we are building toward what we need, which is a fair and equitable, ambitious climate agreement by the end of 2015 to match the post2015 development agenda. Were not there yet. We dont have the leadership board. The secretarygeneral has called a summit of heads of state for neck september. The u. S. Is going to have to be in there with the leadership that is needed. A plan of action the president obama has drawn up to this country is quite innovative. Secretary of state john kerry absolutely knows the issues and as id think does president obama. We have no other option. We have to find the political will to gather and move Forward Together and move forward. The argument against john, change is were losing jobs in a troubled economy. And that is a false juxtaposition. As we move to low carbon, and it actually will be job creating. Give figures. There are more green jobs being created than other sectors. We have to recognize it is very important that it is a just tradition. We work closely with the trade union movement. They are looking to Pension Funds to invest in futures that are good for everybody, Renewable Energies and others. We need a real sense that this is not a them or us, but all of us together. We think of the intergenerational injustice. I talked this morning about being a grandmother with grandchildren who would be in their 40s and 2050. What will they say to us . I said this often enough i cannot muster the echoes of their voices. At the moment, i hear that make using of, how could they be so so selfish, uncaring . Former irish president gary robbins, now heads the Mary Robinson foundation Climate Justice. Former irish president mary inson, and now heads the Mary Robinson foundation Climate Justice. On this firstore anniversary of Superstorm Sandy in a moment. [music break] this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today marks the First Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy hitting the new york region, becoming one of the most instructive storms in the nations h