Are disabled people forgotten in climate disaster plans?
About 16 percent of the world\u2019s population is thought to be disabled, but they are still 2 to 4 times more likely to be injured or killed in a natural disaster than those who are not disabled. \n \nEmma Tracey, from the BBC\u2019s Access All podcast, investigates for The Climate Question, meeting disabled people who have dealt with extreme weather events first hand. As well as those who are researching and enforcing change, even in the places you\u2019d least expect it \n \nEmma is joined by:
S\xe9bastien Jodoin, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of McGill University, Canada \nKera Sherwood-O'Regan, an Indigenous and disabled climate justice advocate, New Zealand \nGaele Sobott, writer, living in Sydney, Australia \nKemi Yemi-Ese, visual artist from Austin Texas, US \nSetareki Macanawai CEO, Pacific Disability Forum based in Fiji \n \nPresenter: Emma Tracey, BBC Access All \nProducers: Octavia Woodward and Jordan Dunbar \nSeries Producer: Simon Watts \nEditor: China Collins \nSound Engineer: Nigel Appleton \nProduction Coordinators: Sophie Hill, Jacqui Johnson