The Disability-Inclusive Climate Network brings together persons with disabilities, Indigenous and community leaders, climate experts, policymakers, innovators, development partners, funders and advocates from across the Pacific and beyond.
Help shape a more inclusive climate future
Whether you bring lived experience, technical expertise, research, policy, finance or community leadership, we invite you to join this growing community of practice and contribute to a shared agenda for disability-inclusive climate action.
Join the Network today and be part of a growing movement advancing disability-inclusive climate action through Pacific leadership.
The Opportunity
People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change, yet their expertise, lived experience and leadership are too often absent from climate policy, planning, finance and implementation. The Pacific has a wealth of community knowledge, innovation and leadership that can help reshape how climate action is designed and delivered.
The Disability-Inclusive Climate Champions Network creates a practical mechanism to connect these strengths by bringing together people with disabilities and OPDs with climate scientists, engineers, innovators, policymakers, governments, funders and development partners.
The Network builds directly from the Reimagining Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Pre-COP session, which calls for a new multi-sectoral community of practice to strengthen systems, forge partnerships and identify priorities for future investment and action. It also provides a platform for continued collaboration leading into COP31 in Türkiye and beyond
Purpose
The Network will:
- CONNECT people, organisations and ideas across disability and climate sectors.
- AMPLIFY Pacific lived experience, community knowledge and disability leadership.
- INNOVATE by bringing technical expertise, science, technology and lived experience together.
- INFLUENCE climate policy, planning and investment.
- MOBILISE partnerships, resources and action.
Who Will Be Part of the Network?
The Network will bring together:
- Organisations of Persons with Disabilities and people with disabilities
- Pacific community and Indigenous leaders
- Climate scientists and researchers
- Engineers and technical experts
- Innovators and technology partners
- Governments and policymakers
- Climate and development practitioners
- Funders and investors
- Regional and international organisations
The Network will be Pacific-led and strengths-based, recognising people with disabilities and OPDs as contributors, leaders and knowledge holders, and connecting them with allies across sectors to create lasting impact.
What Will the Network Do?
Members will collaborate to:
- Share evidence, lived experience, innovative ideas and best practices
- Identify practical opportunities for disability-inclusive climate action
- Develop partnerships across disability, climate, science and finance
- Share approaches to adaptation, resilience and impact assessment
- Showcase community-led solutions
- Develop a shared agenda and messages for COP31, the Global Disability Forum and beyond
Guiding Principle
Nothing about disability-inclusive climate action should be designed without the people and communities it is intended to serve.
Join the Network
Become part of a growing community advancing disability-inclusive climate action through collaboration, innovation and shared leadership.
Become a Climate Champion by completing the form below.