Catch up on our ‘Climate Justice, the Missing Voices’ webinar
March 24, 2025

IDEA's ‘Climate Justice, the Missing Voices’ webinar gave some invaluable insights about how women, marginalised communities, people with disabilities and young people are working for climate justice.
Vanessa Conroy is a policy specialist who worked on Ireland's first report examining the inclusion of women and communities in climate policies. Vanessa focused on learning from ‘Feminist Communities for Climate Justice’, a joint project between the National Women’s Council and Community Work Ireland, examining climate justice through a feminist and community work lens.


Also, check out this fascinating overview in the video below!

Sumaya Mohammed   is a youth climate justice activist from Cork and founder of the Students’ Climate Action Network (SCAN), a national network of students and teachers advocating for climate justice. Sumaya offered the perspective of young people and their passion and impatience for progress. “We see mainstream environmentalism is historically being dominated by white middle-class perspectives...” Sumaya highlighted her experience at COP conferences as “dystopian and needing reform”. 

Claire Kenny   a disability advocate & policy specialist with Independent Living Movement Ireland, echoed the findings of the 'Feminist Communities for Climate Justice' report highlighting the lack of inclusion for people with disabilities around issues such as housing and climate adaptation. “Climate action must not undermine our commitments to include disabled people.” 

  Our host was Valery Molay a climate and racial justice policy expert and activist with Women Engage for a Common Future, a feminist sustainable development network reaching across 70 countries.
Catch up with full video below!

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