Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are set to play a key role in drawing up a plan to address disability poverty in Glasgow. The call for an action plan is one of the recommendations from a report for Glasgow City Council’s Social […]
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‘Deeply dangerous’ WeThe15 campaign exposed by failure to criticise COP26
The failure of international organisations at the heart of a major new disability rights campaign to criticise governments for side-lining disabled people in the Glasgow climate change agreement has exposed their efforts as “deeply dangerous”, say activists. International Disability Alliance (IDA) […]
Omission of disabled people from key parts of climate change text is ‘beyond disgraceful’
‘Urgent action needed’ to ensure disabled people are not neglected in climate battle
Multiple access failures at COP26 ‘send shocking message’ to disabled people
Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about the UK government’s multiple failures to ensure the accessibility of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. The first concerns came after high-profile complaints made by the Israeli energy minister, Karine Elharrar, a wheelchair-user, […]