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Current EU climate policies and strategies perpetuate patterns of exclusion and injustice against people with disabilities through 'eco-ableism' (Photo: Paul Green)

'Eco-ableism', the EU, and climate disaster

Across Europe, one-in-four have some form of disability, totalling 87 million people. People with disabilities are amongst the hardest hit by the climate crisis and face disproportionate impacts on their livelihoods from environmental disaster.

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Nani Jansen Reventlow is the founder of the NGO Systemic Justice, the first majority BPOC organisation in Europe working to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice, and an award-winning human rights lawyer. Jonathan McCully is the head of legal at Systemic Justice, with nearly a decade of experience working on human rights litigation, and expertise spanning the defence of independent journalists and bloggers, digital rights, and social justice.

Current EU climate policies and strategies perpetuate patterns of exclusion and injustice against people with disabilities through 'eco-ableism' (Photo: Paul Green)

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Author Bio

Nani Jansen Reventlow is the founder of the NGO Systemic Justice, the first majority BPOC organisation in Europe working to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice, and an award-winning human rights lawyer. Jonathan McCully is the head of legal at Systemic Justice, with nearly a decade of experience working on human rights litigation, and expertise spanning the defence of independent journalists and bloggers, digital rights, and social justice.

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