The Climate Question - Are disabled people forgotten in climate disaster plans?

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About 16 percent of the world’s population is thought to be disabled, but they are still 2 to 4 times more likely to be injured or killed in a natural disaster than those who are not disabled.

Emma Tracey, from the BBC’s Access All podcast, investigates for The Climate Question, meeting disabled people who have dealt with extreme weather events first hand. As well as those who are researching and enforcing change, even in the places you’d least expect it

Emma is joined by:

Sébastien Jodoin, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of McGill University, Canada
Kera Sherwood-O'Regan, an Indigenous and disabled climate justice advocate, New Zealand
Gaele Sobott, writer, living in Sydney, Australia
Kemi Yemi-Ese, visual artist from Austin Texas, US
Setareki Macanawai CEO, Pacific Disability Forum based in Fiji

Presenter: Emma Tracey, BBC Access All
Producers: Octavia Woodward and Jordan Dunbar
Series Producer: Simon Watts
Editor: China Collins
Sound Engineer: Nigel Appleton
Production Coordinators: Sophie Hill, Jacqui Johnson

Published on Sunday, 1st October 2023.

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