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Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, Research and Development

Global Disability Climate Justice Working Group Urges Researchers and Policymakers to Meet the Moment

Apr 05, 2024   News   Climate Justice

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Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts

Assessing Strategies for Including Persons with Disabilities through Litigation around the World

Mar 25, 2024   Author: Hezzy Smith   Events   Climate Justice

U.S. Government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment Highlights Outsize Climate Risks for Persons with Disabilities

Learn More at the Upcoming NCA5 Public Engagement Webinar on Human Health & COVID-19

Feb 14, 2024   Events   Climate Justice

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Promoting Disability-Inclusive Climate Action through Litigation

HPOD and Allies Urge Inter-American Court on Human Rights to Take Notice of Evolving International Standards

Jan 23, 2024   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Climate Justice

Ensuring Disability Inclusion in the Global Climate Action Agenda

Call to Action ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Oct 03, 2023   Author: Mackenzie Saunders   Events   Climate Justice

Towards Disability-Inclusive Climate Resilience

What researchers can do to close the disability climate change equity gap

Jan 09, 2023   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Climate Justice

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Disability and Climate Change

Call for Digital Symposium Submissions


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Disability Climate Justice

Towards Evidence-Based Research on Disability and Climate Change

Sep 29, 2022   Events   Climate Justice

Disability-Inclusive Climate Action

Lessons from the Historic 2022 Flooding in Bangladesh

Sep 23, 2022   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Climate Justice

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Disability, Human Rights, and Climate Justice

The urgent need for disability-inclusive climate action


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Climate Change and the Right to Health of People with Disabilities

Lancet piece urges greater disability inclusion in climate change mitigation and adaption measures

Dec 03, 2021   Authors: Penelope J S Stein & Michael Stein   News   Blog Posts

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COP26 Climate Change Summit Inaccessible to Wheelchair Users

What it says about the intersection of disability rights and climate change