How People Who Use/d Drugs Adapt To Climate And Health Emergencies

In 2023, the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) released the community-led research report Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Voices of People Who Use Drugs. The report shared global perspective on the experiences of people who use drugs (PWUD) during the Covid-19 pandemic and recommendations to inform the drafting of the Pandemic Treaty, an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). To extend this work, INPUD commissioned AIVL to investigate and report on the Australian experiences of Covid-19, which overlap with Australia’s frequent climate disasters, such as bushfires and floods – our report draws also from PWUD experiences in communities affected by these extreme weather events.