Should we improve the level of involvement of people living with disabilities in environmental policies for climate?
Climate warming are one of the main threats that weigh on humanity, they impose devastating consequences for the daily life of the population and more particularly to people living with disabilities, since the latter are disproportionately and seriously affected by the impacts of this scourge; Humanity must give way to equity and take into account their opinions in climate action.
For many people living with disabilities, this is a reflection of how they often feel dismissed from climate change conversations. But actually, the latter are among the most affected people in case of emergency, and these emergency situations (floods, earthquakes, famines, erosion migrations, sand storms, cyclone etc.) become more frequent due to the climate crisis.
The particular vulnerability of people living with disabilities to the impacts of climate change, particularly recognized by the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Human Rights Council resolutions. Yet, decision-makers have little attention to disability issues in climate mitigation and adaptation efforts, making « invisible » the specific needs and outlook for people living with disabilities. Several obstacles therefore limit the consideration and implementation of the participatory rights of people living with disabilities in the context of climate change. Notwithstanding the progress and modernization, many people living with disabilities continue to suffer significant discrimination, including disparate access to education, employment, health care, justice, transportation, as well as essential goods and services. They may also be a victim of marginalization, abuse and violence and are prevented from participating in the company on an equal footing, including in the political processes and civil society initiatives.These challenges are often aggravated by additional discrimination that can arise from their socio-economic status, ethnicity, sex, age and situations of some developing countries where services and basic resources are rarer and levels of Stigma tend to be higher. Finally, an approach to climate governance based on the rights of people living with disability requires that States protect their participatory rights. The latter have capabilities to participate in the reconfiguration of the relationship between human societies and climate through the knowledge, resources and communities they have developed to ensure resilience.
According to the Preamble of the UNCDPH (United Nations Convention on the rights of People Living with Disabilities) by recognizing persons living with disabilities as actors and actresses in their own rather than only participants in processes led by non-disabled persons, he It is possible to improve their condition of life and to advance the entire company. This logic has long been adopted by an organization based in DR Congo called EDA: Enable The Disable Action (an organization of people living with disability (OPH) who saves their lives, defend their rights and help them realize their full potential by fighting against the Discrimination related to disability and social inequalities) and concretized in its inclusion program of people living with disabilities in climate actions. here our social medias: https://twitter.com/enable_rdc, https://web.facebook.com/rdcdisabiltyyouthorgazanisation?_rdc=1&_rdr, https://www.linkedin.com/company/eda-oph/ and our website on building https://enablethedisableaction.org/, please follow us, consult and give us your comment.
The various actors fighting this devastating scourge must at the moment (in this emergency situation) do with interest and rigor the campaigns on climate justice because this common enemy continually imposes difficulties relating to both the social life of the population and every human being, certain societies. Will probably have the means to deal with this scourge, and others not. The risk that inequalities are carried is real. The goal of this climate justice is to do everything so that global warming does not write inequalities. It has also emerged as a central theme at the opening of COP 21. Climate justice has a new logic of elaboration and articulation of mitigation and adaptation policies. It must help effectively and sustainably preserve the right to a healthy environment for all including for the poor and most vulnerable to climate change.
At the moment of crisis, people living with disabilities must also be accompanied in the struggles and be very involved in advocacy for climate to also change their situations and protect their rights, but also, to pave the way of consensus by encouraging the company to end the company Social and economic inequalities caused by global warming. They also had to be very supported in their reforestation activities by what is of paramount importance to recover damage to nature to protect our balanced life cycle. We can not control only what is happening because of human negligence. Natural disasters can not be controlled or denied, whatever the reason, it is always necessary to make the necessary arrangements to recover from the damage. When it comes to forests, we should put this priority in mind; Recovery of forests destroyed through the reforestation process. The importance of reforestation is undeniable because it maintains the balance of our environment; The massive loss of trees in the world has dangerous effects on humanity, it has not only provoked climate change but has also led to pollution of the environment. The damaged ozone layer has brought a serious threat to the ground in the form of a warming. Our planet warms up day by day due to lack of forests and, consequently, polluted air we breathe. Trees play an important role in reducing carbon dioxide in the air. The world is facing an environmental crisis due to the destruction of hundreds of forests, the growing industrialization process has polluted the air we breathe, a large number of factories work and pollute the environment with their smoke. Therefore, the easiest way to reduce these polluting chemicals and carbon dioxide is reforestation. The importance of reforestation can be understood when we know the benefits of forests. Trees are a source of oxygen and thus reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, all habitats need a specific environment and conditions for living; Reforestation has the potential to restore various habitats and save many lives. Knowing that trees maintain a balance in the environment by improving air quality.
Discrimination against people living with disabilities is often related to capacitisism (societal attitudes that devaluate and limit the potential of people living with disabilities) … they suffer the same forms of discrimination: high unemployment rates, prejudices about their productivity and, often, exclusion of the labor market. They also face discrimination at hiring.
The fight against global warming is an affair of all, humanity must take initiatives at this time to combat discrimination and strengthen the access of people living with disabilities to common law schemes, so that we can multiply efforts for the conservation of the conservation of the nature and reduction of environmental pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity.
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Enjeux de société ; les personnes vivant avec handicap dans le contexte de la crise climatique. s.d
Nicolas : L’importance du reboisement pour l’environnement. Avril 2021. Article
Simon-Pierre ALISSA : le réchauffement climatique et son impact sur la vie sociale de la population. Mars 2022. Article
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