Insights into disabilities and climate change

Client: Auckland Council
Role: Freelancer/Project Lead. Illustrations: Te Aho Toi.

Kaupapa
Auckland Council sought to turn an in-depth report by Activate Agency on opportunities to be more inclusive of disability communities in climate action into a concise set of insights for wider sharing across council.

Activities

  • data analysis, writing

  • testing concepts and draft insights with council staff and disability advisory panel members

  • briefing and collaboration with
    Te Aho Toi illustrators

  • report design

  • online shareback

Outputs

  • insights document

  • editable, presentation, accessable PDF and plain text versions

Outcomes

  • informed the development of a new disabilities and climate action community of practice

Report page titled 'The climate change journey', with text on the left and an illustration on the right of a tūī in flight at the top of a maunga in front of a Auckland cityscape. Black text on white backgrounds say 'Insight 1: We will be safe living
Report page titled 'Safety | Integration', pullout insight text and an illustration of different scenes of a woman in a wheelchair planning an emergency escape with her neighbours and officials. To read the full insights in a plain text document plea
Work in progress Miro board showing pages of a report and different coloured post-it notes
4 different draft page layouts, showing different ways to present insights
An illustration of a wahine with grey hair and a moko kauae wearing a taonga and a red t-shirt signing for the word 'aroha' on a green background.
A work in progress sketch of an illustration featuring a tūī in flight, speech bubbles and people sharing their thoughts.
A finished version of an illustration showing people with different disabilities engaging in climate action such as taking the bus, giving feedback, attending a protest and planting native trees. A tūī in flight is shown in the middle surrounded by k
4 pages from an early draft of the document with draft text and sketches
Report page titled 'Trust | Coordination', pullout insight text and an illustration of different scenes of a wahine using sign language to give feedback to an official and that feedback being passed on. To read the full insights in a plain text docum
A full-page illustration of a tūī in flight above a maunga infront of an Auckland cityscape. Kowhaiwhai patterns cover the maunga in four layers.

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