LGBTQ+ leaders push for recognition in climate policy

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🗞️ Driving the news: LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are pushing for formal representation in climate policy negotiations, including at the upcoming COP31, citing research showing queer populations face disproportionate climate risks

🔭 The context: Advocates point to poverty, discrimination, and exclusion from disaster planning as factors that leave LGBTQ+ communities more exposed to climate impacts than the general population

🌍 Why it matters for the planet: Climate adaptation and disaster-response planning that overlooks vulnerable populations risks leaving gaps in resilience systems, meaning some of the communities most exposed to climate harm remain the least protected by policy responses

⏭️ What's next: Advocacy groups are continuing to press for LGBTQ+ representation ahead of COP31.

💬 One quote: "They are more vulnerable because of underlying conditions, like poverty, unemployment, and homelessness." — Diego De Leon Segovia, Out for Sustainability

📈 One stat: Transgender and homosexual people face a 2-4 times higher likelihood of permanent displacement during extreme weather events.

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