Reproductive justice and the climate emergency in the UK

Birth Companions and Wen (Women’s Environmental Network) hosted this lunchtime webinar to celebrate the publication of our new policy paper looking at the implications of the climate emergency for reproductive justice in the UK.

"The climate and biodiversity emergency poses severe challenges to reproductive, maternal, infant, and child health. We are already seeing the substantial effects that air pollution, toxic chemicals, extreme heat, climate migration, food insecurity, and other factors can have on our ability to conceive, sustain healthy pregnancies, and birth and parent our children in safety. And we know that women facing poverty, inequality, and disadvantage, and those from Black and Brown communities disproportionately bear the impacts of these factors. As we look for solutions to the climate emergency, we urgently need to incorporate a focus on reproductive justice."

We were joined by guest speakers Lola Fayokun and Olamide Raheem, who also joined panel members from Birth Companions and Wen for an engaging Q&A session.