The present policy brief draws on the findings of the report: Unequal Climate Justice for People with Disabilities elaborated with BOND UK. We want to highlight the critical need to bridge the existing data gaps by applying the voices of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities in all their diversity and shedding light on their lived experiences amid the climate crisis.
The climate crisis demands urgent, inclusive action—but inclusion is not possible without data. Disability data is not a technical luxury. It is a political necessity to safeguard rights, target resources, and build resilience for those most at risk.
Key Recommendations:
- National climate action systems and processes, and global forums should actively seek and use OPD, CSO and child-led & youth-led generated data to inform the development, implementation and monitoring of climate action.
- Government ministries and national statistical offices (NSOs) must strengthen the collection, use and reporting of disability disaggregated climate data in local and national contexts.
- Research, funded by donors and governments, should actively undertake disability inclusion, intersectional analysis and climate action, including research focused on equitable access to energy and a Just Transition, the experiences of women and men, girls and boys with disabilities in all their diversity in climate-affected areas, and the long-term impacts of the climate crisis on people with disabilities
Governments, donors, and climate actors must fund, institutionalise, and act on disability disaggregated and community generated data. Only then can climate action be truly just and truly effective.
No data, no inclusion.
Closing the Data Gap – A Prerequisite for Climate Justice for Persons with Disabilities (Word)
Closing the Data Gap – A Prerequisite for Climate Justice for Persons with Disabilities (PDF)