UNRISD 190d ago

In this episode, Economic Policy Lead at the Green Economy Coalition Chris Hopkins speaks with Natasha Trotman, an award-winning British Afro-Caribbean international equalities designer, researcher and disability activist, and Dr. Monica Pinilla Roncancio, Assistant Professor at the University of the Andes and Deputy Director at the Centre of Sustainable Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (CODS), about the impacts and implications on inclusion for persons living with disabilities in climate change policy. They explore ways societies can be better at embedding people with disabilities and the natural world at the heart of new eco-social contracts that are intersectional and intentional. They argue that while persons living with disabilities currently benefit the least from climate change policies, methods and approaches, a human rights-based approach is possible by considering their unique needs, empowering marginalized communities, and improving the accessibility of information and action, from the local to the global.