TY - JOUR

T1 - Pathways towards sustainable and just futures with and for disabled populations

T2 - a leverage points perspective

AU - Kosanic, Aleksandra

AU - Petzold, Jan

AU - Martín-López, Berta

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung [01LN1710A1]. We thank Trevor Fristoe for his graphic support on Figure 1 and the three reviewers for their valuable feedback constructive comments on our manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

PY - 2023/11/5

Y1 - 2023/11/5

N2 - Disabled populations are disproportionally affected by the current climate and environmental crises. However, they are hardly included and their knowledge is neglected in processes addressing these challenges. To achieve the UN Agenda 2030, societies should actively engage with the values, experiences and knowledge held by people with disabilities in science and policy contexts. In this paper, we suggest that addressing ‘deep’ leverage points by 1) recognising diverse valuations of and connections to nature by different social groups (i.e. re-connecting to nature), 2) including disabled populations in decision-making and knowledge creation (i.e. re-structuring institutions), and 3) promoting inclusive education and knowledge generation (i.e. re-thinking knowledge production) can facilitate the development of inclusive transformation pathways and foster sustainable human-nature relationships.

AB - Disabled populations are disproportionally affected by the current climate and environmental crises. However, they are hardly included and their knowledge is neglected in processes addressing these challenges. To achieve the UN Agenda 2030, societies should actively engage with the values, experiences and knowledge held by people with disabilities in science and policy contexts. In this paper, we suggest that addressing ‘deep’ leverage points by 1) recognising diverse valuations of and connections to nature by different social groups (i.e. re-connecting to nature), 2) including disabled populations in decision-making and knowledge creation (i.e. re-structuring institutions), and 3) promoting inclusive education and knowledge generation (i.e. re-thinking knowledge production) can facilitate the development of inclusive transformation pathways and foster sustainable human-nature relationships.

KW - Climate change

KW - disability

KW - environmental justice

KW - inclusion

KW - sustainability

KW - transformation

KW - Zuzana V. Harmackova

KW - Ecosystems Research

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85175802830&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/26395916.2023.2274590

DO - 10.1080/26395916.2023.2274590

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85175802830

VL - 19

JO - Ecosystems and People

JF - Ecosystems and People

SN - 2639-5908

IS - 1

M1 - 2274590

ER -