María Fernanda Espinosa: “La opinión pública, la gente, la clase política esperan que las mujeres hagan milagros, hay mucha presión” – María Fernanda Espinosa asumió el cargo de Presidenta de la Asamblea de Naciones Unidas el pasado 2018 con siete prioridades claras y una meta clara: conseguir un cambio global. Descúbrelas.

Listen to Alicia and the President of the UN General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés talk one-on-one about the current state of affairs and what it means to be the fourth woman to preside over the assembly

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, singled it out as a key environmental concern she wants the body to address during her tenure, which began in September. She worked with several countries on launching a campaign in December to raise awareness and encourage phasing out single-use plastics, and has initiated a phase-out of such products at U.N. headquarters. Espinosa spoke with Scientific American in her office about the growing awareness of plastic pollution and the role she sees the U.N. playing in tackling it.

UNITED NATIONS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new, ambitious environmental treaty is expected to be ready for a vote when the United Nation’s annual summit begins in September, the president of the U.N. General Assembly said on Friday.

New York produces 12,000 tons of waste every day. Out of that 12,000 tons, only 17 percent is recycled. In this no-nonsense conversation, the founder of no-waste restaurant west~bourne, Camilla Marcus, and the President of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, discuss solutions small and large to plastic pollution. Who is responsible for weaning society off its toxic addiction to plastic? And who should bear the brunt of regulation: consumers, corporations, restaurants, or manufacturers?