Climate Change, Disability, and Education
Synopsis
This article explains how climate change disproportionately affects persons with disabilities.
The article argues that disability inclusion should be central to climate policy and climate education.
Teaching Materials
Prerequisites:
Ensure students are familiar with climate adaptation strategies.
Classroom Implementation:
Use this article to enrich conversations about intersectionality in climate action.
Extensions:
Invite students to think of ways people with disabilities may not have been considered in adaptation strategies they have learned about. Be sure not to put any one student on the spot.
Sustainable Development Goals Connections:
Use this resource to make connections to SDG 13, Climate Action.
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