Websites & Organizations
United Nations: The impact of climate change on the rights of persons with disabilities
Information, resources, and publications related to the topic of climate change and disability
Disability & Philanthropy Forum: Connections Between Climate Change and Disability
A list of resources, articles, podcasts, and films related to the topic of climate change and disability
CBM: Disability and the Climate Crisis: Disability Inclusive Action
A list of blog posts and publications by the CBM in the UK
Human Rights Watch: UN Climate Resolution Emphasizes Protection of Disability Rights
Schulte, C., & Gazendam, I. (2021, May 24). UN climate resolution emphasizes protection of disability rights. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/15/un-climate-resolution-emphasizes-protection-disability-rights
Disability Inclusive Climate Action Research Program (DICARP)
DICARP brings together scholars and activists to create and share knowledge on efforts to combat the climate crisis
New Zealand, Disability-led network working on Disability and climate justice
Resources provided on disability justice within climate action. Resources include research, articles, blog posts, videos, and more
Cross-disability-led nonprofit building disability community and justice in the outdoors
Government, NGO & Civil Society reports
EPA: Climate Change and the Health of People with Disabilities
Report outlining the health concerns caused by climate change
This report discusses the impact of climate change on persons with disabilities, human rights obligations, and recommendations
International Disability Alliance (IDA): Disability Inclusive Climate Action COP26 Advocacy Paper
This is a position paper summarising messages and recommendations for States, international governments, and other organizations working on global actions against climate change
This document discusses relevant provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Sendai Framework. Accessible version available
Gutnik, A and Roth, M. Disability and Climate Change: How climate-related hazards increase vulnerabilities among the most at risk populations and the necessary convergence of inclusive disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Lyon: Humanity & Inclusion, 2018.
Disability and Climate Resilience Research Project
Kett, M., Cole, E., Twigg, J., Smith, F., Hug, S., Rahman, F., Haque, S., Khaemba, W., Gitonga, A., Oloo, W., Simard, M., Alam, K. J., & Ahmed, I. (2018). (rep.). Disability and Climate Resilience Research Project (pp. 1–86). UKAID.
The impact of climate change & natural disaster on disabled people in Australia
Resources
The Future Is Disabled: Planning for Climate Change Must Include People with Disabilities
Chertock, M. (2020, February 7). The future is disabled: Planning for climate change must include people with disabilities. Marlena Chertock. https://marlenachertock.com/planning-for-climate-change-must-include-people-with-disabilities/
Podcast: Disability Visibility Project
Wong, A., Camargo, L., Aurora, E., & Ghenis, A. (2019, November 3). Climate Change. Disability Visibility Project. Episode 63.
Climate Concerns and the Disability Community
Kosanic, A., Petzold, J., Dunham, A., & Razanajatovo, M. (2019). Climate concerns and the disabled community. Science, 366(6466), 698–699. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9045
Disability: A neglected issue within climate change?
Kett, M. (2018). Disability: A neglected issue within climate change?. Dhaka Tribune. https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/weekend-tribune/135143/disability-a-neglected-issue-within-climate
Climate Change, Environmental Activism, and Disability
Novack, V., & Frias, D. (2022). Climate change, environmental activism, and disability. Stanford Social Innovation Review. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/climate_change_environmental_activism_and_disability
Webinar: Climate Change and Disability in California
Ghenis, A., Taylor, V., & Helland, L. (2018, February 7). Climate change and disability in California. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjBpuNM_NYI
Climate Change, Disability, & Rehabilitation
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education. (2022, September 29). Session 1: Climate change, disability & rehabilitation. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WS9EFpjekk
Webinar: Climate Change and Disability
Palfrey, J., Frias, D., Novack, V., Munoz, Y. (2022). Climate change and disability. Disability & Philanthropy Forum. https://disabilityphilanthropy.org/resource/disability-philanthropy-webinar-series-climate-change-and-disability/
Research and Scholarship
Gaskin, C. J., Taylor, D., Kinnear, S., Mann, J., Hillman, W., & Moran, M. (2017). Factors associated with the climate change vulnerability and the adaptive capacity of people with disability: A systematic review. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9(4), 801–814. https://doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-16-0126.1
Disability and Climate Change: A Critical Realist Model of Climate Justice
King, M. M., & Gregg, M. A. (2021). Disability and climate change: A critical realist model of climate justice. Sociology Compass, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12954
MacDonald, S. E. (2021). Where are persons with disabilities? A reflexive thematic analysis of federal government climate change documents (thesis).
Disability Inclusion in Climate Change: Impacts and Intersections
Saxton, M. L., & Ghenis, A. (2018). Disability Iinclusion in climate change: Impacts and intersections. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on equality and diversity, 4(1).
Disability and climate resilience: A literature review
Smith, F., Simard, M.,Twigg, J., Kett, M., & Cole, E. (2017). Disability and climate resilience: A literature review.
Climate Change, Water, Sanitation and Energy Insecurity: Invisibility Of People With Disabilities
Wolbring, G., & Leopatra, V. (2012). Climate change, water, sanitation and energy insecurity: Invisibility of people with disabilities. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 1(3), 66. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v1i3.58