The climate realities of the deaf: evidence from a climate vulnerability assessment of the Filipino deaf community

This policy brief synthesizes the key findings of the Climate Vulnerability Assessment on the Filipino Deaf community conducted under Project SIGND, highlighting challenges faced by the Deaf in the context of climate change including those relating to accessibility, education, health, and livelihood. The brief presents policy recommendations to address these barriers and increase the resilience of the Deaf in the Philippines. 

The policy brief is the fifth in a series of five policy briefs published by Project SIGND, and it was written and prepared by Angelika Lourdes Pizarro, Isabella Ann Mendoza, Keith Sigfred Ancheta, and Cecilie Therese Guiao of Parabukas, and Rommel Lo of Deaf, Inc., with the guidance of other members of Project SIGND’s Work Programme 2.