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The role of the scientific community in strengthening disability-inclusive climate resilience

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Despite the trajectory towards climate catastrophe, governments are failing to take disability-inclusive climate action. We discuss how the scientific community could advance and hasten the development of disability-inclusive climate resilience, and which areas should be prioritized.

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We thank the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the UCL Grand Challenges program for enabling our research, and S. Eriksen for thoughtful feedback.

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  1. Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Penelope J. S. Stein & Michael Ashley Stein

  2. Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare, University College London, London, UK

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Stein, P.J.S., Stein, M.A., Groce, N. et al. The role of the scientific community in strengthening disability-inclusive climate resilience. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 108–109 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01564-6

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