Completed Climate: Strengthening the Disability Climate Action Caucus

Final documents published

• Youth and climate policy brief (to be disseminated in the fall 2026)
• Best practices on Disability Inclusive Climate Action (June 2026)
• Mapping Climate Caucus Overview (March 2026)
• Policy briefs
  • Nationally Determined Contributions
  • Just Transition
  • Global Goal on Adaptation
  • Gender Action Plan
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Institutional Mechanisms
• EDF COP30 advocacy brief (November 2025)
• Endorsement of Disability Caucus COP30 Briefing Paper – IDDC (November 2025)

About the project

This project’s objective was to strengthen the Disability Climate Action Caucus (DCAC) – a global network advocating for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in climate policy. We focused on the Caucus’s governance, capacity, and visibility, laying the groundwork for its recognition as an official constituency within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Background

Persons with disabilities, 16% of the world’s population, are among the most affected by the climate crisis, yet they remain excluded from adaptation plans and decision-making. Inaccessible evacuation systems, higher poverty rates, and exclusion from policy processes worsen risks.

Since 2021, the DCAC has grown into a network of 73 organisations across all regions. In 2025, EDF and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) worked together to support the disability community to attend the COP29 in Azerbaijan. For COP30, we wanted to move from short-term, volunteer-led efforts to a structured and sustainable platform.

Funder

Disability Rights Fund (DRF)

Timeframe

1 August 2025 – 31 January 2026 (No cost extension: 15th July 2026)

Budget

US$ 65000 + US$29184

Project news, outcomes and deliverables

• Strengthen governance and coordination of the Disability Climate Caucus (DCC).
• Build OPD (organisations of persons with disabilities) capacity for climate advocacy.
• Produce updated research and mapping on disability inclusion in climate policies.
• Organise training and support meaningful participation of persons with disabilities at COP30.
• Advocate for DCC recognition as an official UNFCCC constituency.

Further information and contact

Marion Steff, International Cooperation Manager: marion.steff@edf-feph.org