ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on a range of professional experiences across government, non-government and inter-governmental sectors in the field of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I), working with communities and groups who are historically marginalized, under-represented, and at risk of discrimination, isolation, or exclusion based on social inequalities and intersecting aspects of their identity. It also reveals the differential impacts of climate-related hazards on humanitarian refugee entrants who are resettled across the Global North and often face a lack of accessible, appropriate, and timely information and support as they adapt to unfamiliar environments. The D&I approach, in mindset and in practice, plays out in different ways across the different fields of work, interacting with international, inter-cultural, and institutional power structures with impacts that may be instructive for emerging climate justice research and practice. The chapter examines the inclusion initiatives in three sectors—all of which are affected by, and respond to, climate change.
