Nothing about us without us: the urgent need for disability-inclusive climate research
March 6, 2023
Sébastien Jodoin, Alexis Buettgen, Nora Groce, Pratima Gurung, Carlos Kaiser, Maria Kett, Mary Keogh, Serareki S. Macanawai, Yolanda Muñoz, Ipul Powaseu, Michael Ashley Stein, Penelope J.S. Stein, Elham Youssefian.
Available in english.
Around the world, disability communities are becoming increasingly vocal in calling attention to the ways in which they are disproportionally affected by climate change and the need to ensure that disability rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled in climate solutions. As we explain in this opinion, one key element of this emerging agenda for disability-inclusive climate justice is the need for in-depth and participatory action research on the intersections of disability and climate change.
Very little is known about how and why people with disabilities are affected by different climate impacts, the contextual factors that shape their exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity, and the solutions needed to ensure their resilience.
(…)
These gaps in knowledge are leading to the development and implementation of inequitable and ineffective climate solutions that undermine the human rights and dignity of people with disabilities.
READ MORE HERE.
This opinion piece is available in PDF format.