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Reaction after summer storm Floris batters Scotland - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Campaigners are calling for Scottish leaders to ramp up action to tackle climate change after Storm Floris battered Scotland and parts of the UK with unseasonably strong winds and heavy rain on 4th…

Storms at this time of year are not unheard of, but the strength of Floris yesterday was unprecedented.

Governments must do everything in their power to protect us from the danger, disruption and damage increasingly extreme weather is causing.

An urban garden with planters and shingle. A garden table sits next to a poly tunnel with a plant pot on top. In the background are tenement flats and colourful bunting

Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU

Out on a walk? See something that matters?
#communiMap it! Search CommuniMap in the App Store or in Google Play today!

Thanks so much for sharing this piece! "And we can do it again—but only if we remember that the Earth is not a machine we can rebuild. It’s a living thing, and we’re part of it. Let’s not wait for another fire to remind us what’s worth saving"... so true!

In conversation with… Raven Cretney — Sensing Climate A thought-provoking session with Dr Raven Cretney, sharing her brilliant work around disability, crisis solidarity and disaster response and recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand…

A brilliant ‘Disability & Climate: In Conversation With’ session yesterday with Raven Cretney! You can find the session recording & transcript online: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...

There will be lots of activities in coming months, open to adults in Glasgow who are disabled, d/Deaf, neurodivergent &/or people with long-term health conditions: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo... @nickyburns.bsky.social @hesterparr.bsky.social @riadunkley.bsky.social @communigallant.bsky.social

Glasgow activities have started! — Sensing Climate To mark the start of Sensing Climate project activities in Glasgow, Scotland, Sarah highlights lots of different ways of getting involved…

We've really enjoyed hosting 3 'lunch & chat' events with Glasgow Disability Alliance over the last month! Brilliant people sharing thoughtful reflections on topics from nature & disability, to housing, energy, transport & emergency preparedness: sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...

We're looking forward to it too, thanks so much for being part of the series! :-)

Glasgow activities are starting! — Sensing Climate To mark the start of Sensing Climate project activities in Glasgow, Scotland, Sarah highlights lots of different ways of getting involved…

And we're very excited to have started our fieldwork in two new fieldwork sites: Glasgow, UK (sensing-climate.com/news/fieldwo...) and South Dunedin, Aotearoa NZ (sensing-climate.com/news/sensing...). So it's all go...!!

Climate justice and disability: a review — Sensing Climate We’re delighted to share this guest news piece by researchers at the Institute of Development Studies about their recent literature review on climate justice and disability…

A couple of weeks ago, team member Sarah was invited to join a roundtable organised by the Institute for Development Studies around a new review they have written on climate justice & disability! Read more here: sensing-climate.com/news/climate...

Just transition and human rights — Sensing Climate In this guest piece, Dr Alice Venn introduces her response to a recent call for input by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform a new synthesis report on just tr...

After Christmas, team member Alice responded to a call for input by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to inform a new synthesis report on just transition and human rights - you can read her response here: sensing-climate.com/news/unohchr...

Climate policy with the Disability Equality Duty? — Sensing Climate In our latest piece, Andy Shipley takes a deep dive into how climate and related policy in England might look different for disabled people if the former Disability Equality Duty had not been replaced...

Last month, team member Andy shared a working paper taking a deep dive into how climate & related policy in England might look different for disabled people if the former Disability Equality Duty had not been replaced by the Public Sector Equality Duty in 2010: sensing-climate.com/news/life-wi...

In conversation with… Louise Kenward — Sensing Climate Louise Kenward is a writer, artist and psychologist, and will be speaking with us about her brilliant edited anthology, ‘Moving Mountains: Writing nature through illness and disability’ …

You can now sign up for our September 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with @louisekenward.bsky.social (sensing-climate.com/events/louis...) & our rescheduled session with Dan White of DRUK in November (sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w...)

In conversation with… Angela Frederick — Sensing Climate A brilliant session with Angela Frederick, Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of the forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Har...

It was wonderful to be joined by @angelafrederick.bsky.social for yesterday's 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session, sharing her forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’. Listen back online: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...

Thank you so much for joining and for all your encouragement!

And on 10th July 2025 with Dr Raven Cretney, exploring opportunities for disability-led climate adaptation, the possibilities for learning from past events and the need for careful navigation of crisis politics in building solidarity across and within communities: sensing-climate.com/events/raven...

In conversation with… Angela Frederick — Sensing Climate Angela Frederick is Associate Professor of Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso and author of the forthcoming book, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaste...

Excited to share the sign up forms for our next two 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' sessions... Join us on Tuesday 20th May 2025 with Dr Angela Frederick, discussing, ‘Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster’: sensing-climate.com/events/angel...

In conversation with… Abhishek Kumar — Sensing Climate A great session with Abhishek Kumar, founder and curator of The Sangyan initiative, a research, advocacy and campaign-oriented organisation in India focusing on Law, Environment and Disability.

Excited to be able to share the recording and transcript of yesterday's super 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation With' session with Adv. Abhishek Kumar: sensing-climate.com/events/abhis...

A big thank you to Abhishek for bringing such thoughtful reflections to the series! :-)

Kaya Kaya is a free humanitarian learning platform which offers hundreds of training opportunities across a range of key topics, including the humanitarian essentials, technical sectors, programmatic suppo...

Exciting new (free) e-learning course on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) developed by CBM Global, the Africa Disability Forum and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
kayaconnect.org/course/info....

Article/ClimateSensing — #PaintTheChange

"From Margins to Murals: How Disabled Communities Are Shaping Climate Action" @disabmurals.bsky.social chatted to Paint The Change as part of Disability History Month about the Sensing Climate mural in Bristol! Read more online: www.paintthechange.me/articleclima...

In conversation with… Dan White — Sensing Climate Dan White is policy and campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK, leading a coalition of global disability climate activists to respond to the climate crisis

Join us on 12th March 2024, from 1-2.30pm GMT for a 'Disability & Climate: In Conversation with' session with Dan White, policy & campaigns officer at Disability Rights UK (DR UK): sensing-climate.com/events/dan-w... & forms.office.com/e/AgE0QpvjV6

This is a really interesting area too! :-)

Reflecting on 2024 — Sensing Climate In our latest piece, Sarah reflects on some 2024 Sensing Climate highlights and plans for the upcoming year…

A little round up of some Sensing Climate 2024 highlights: sensing-climate.com/news/reflect... It's been quite a busy year...!

A Change in the Climate — Sensing Climate Roaring Girl Productions and lead artist, Liz Crow, have been developing a creative response to Sensing Climate with their new project 'A Change in the Climate'. Read more here…

Roaring Girl Productions @roaringgirlprod.bsky.social and lead artist, Liz Crow, have been developing a creative response to Sensing Climate with their exciting new project 'A Change in the Climate'.

Read all about it online: sensing-climate.com/news/a-chang...

A Change in the Climate — Sensing Climate Roaring Girl Productions and lead artist, Liz Crow, have been developing a creative response to Sensing Climate with their new project 'A Change in the Climate'. Read more here…

Roaring Girl Productions @roaringgirlprod.bsky.social and lead artist, Liz Crow, have been developing a creative response to Sensing Climate @sensing-climate.bsky.social with their exciting new project 'A Change in the Climate'. Read all about it here: sensing-climate.com/news/a-chang...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities | ECEHH How do you highlight the need for greater inclusion in the climate crisis? The Sensing Climate project got started with a huge mural in Bristol.

Excited to be sharing the Sensing Climate Bristol mural film today with Uni of Exeter colleagues in Penryn to mark the International Day of Disabled People ☺️ www.ecehh.org/news/day-of-... Everyday should be a day of disabled people 🙄 but keen to at least recognise the one we have!

@sensing-climate.bsky.social @uniofexeter.bsky.social @disabmurals.bsky.social

A huge thank you to @pollyrowena.bsky.social for joining our 3rd ‘Disability & Climate: In conversation with…’ event today! A thought-provoking talk (as always!)… “This is the story, pass it on: the future will be accessible because we will ALL make sure it is” - recording to follow!

‘Delivering disability inclusive climate action’ – a new resource pack for cities by the C40 Knowledge Hub! Excited to delve into these! www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/De...

“One of the things I'm convinced is crucial is asserting this bedrock recognition that we deserve a place on this Earth. It matters to me that disabled people are in the world. We matter, we deserve to be here. I love us so furiously. I want us to help each other make it through" ❤️