Bethany Handley

I’m Bethany Handley, an author, poet and disability activist from Monmouthshire. My work explores the relationship between disabled bodies, access to nature, biodiversity loss and climate justice. My non-fiction book, My Body is a Meadow, was longlisted for the 2026 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, and I campaign for access to nature for all.

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I’m excited to join Climate Cymru as an ambassador because the climate and nature crises cannot be separated from social justice. Exclusion is not a conservation strategy, yet fear that public access will damage green and blue spaces too often results in Disabled people being excluded from both the outdoors and environmental conversations.

I want to help build a climate movement in Wales that is ambitious, inclusive and rooted in lived experience, where Disabled people are not an afterthought but leaders in building a fairer, more accessible and resilient future. The health of our nation depends on it.

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