COP28 UAE Side Event

Join us at COP28 as we bring together stakeholders working across inclusive infrastructure, disability-inclusive urban development, and climate change action to discuss partnerships and practical actions to ensure persons with disabilities are not left behind.

For disadvantaged groups, the accessibility of the built environment, infrastructure and cities is vital to ensure full participation in daily life. Evidence shows that persons with disabilities are worse impacted by the effects of the climate crisis but remain excluded from urban development processes and climate action.

As cities integrate climate adaptation and mitigation infrastructure, accessibility and inclusion must be embedded. There is no resilient and sustainable future without inclusion.

Organizations around the world are already working to bridge this gap, and this event will share what’s being done and what’s next, outlining priority actions for disability-inclusive climate infrastructure and looking at how and why people do not have equitable experiences of the world around them.

We'll consider the tools and resources that are drive inclusion and accessibility in infrastructure, cities and built environment, with the context of a low-carbon and resilient future - setting out priority actions for disability inclusive climate change infrastructure.

Speakers:

• GDI Hub: Mikaela Patrick (Head of Inclusive Infrastructure and Climate)
• World Blind Union: Marc Workman (CEO) and Hannes Juhlin Lagrelius (Program Officer)
• C40 Cities: Luisa Miranda Morel (Senior Manager for Inclusive Climate Action)
• UNOPS: Seema Gaikwad (Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion Specialist)
• Fatma Aljassim (Accessiblity Consultant for COP28)
• Moderator: GDI Hub, Shivani Gupta (Senior Inclusive Design Manager)

Attendance details:

• Women’s Pavilion, Majlis Conference Hall, COP Green Zone
• Refreshments and light lunch will be provided
• Captioning in English & American Sign Language will be provided in the room
• To attend, participants will need to register in advance via Eventbrite to be issued with a Green Zone Day pass to access the COP28 site. Please note Blue zone pass holders already have access to the Green zone site.

Event recording:

• Unfortunately COP28 is unable to support remote attendees for this event - we do however aim to record the event. If you would like to receive a link to the recorded event please complete this form.