Indigenous People - Webinar
Channel: CliMates
Date: 2014-12-22

This is a Webinar to present the CliMates project Indigenous People.
Indigenous peoples and communities can be found on all continents, occupy or use around 22% of the global land area, and represent about 5% of the world population. They heavily rely on their natural environment for subsistence. Their social, cultural and linguistic peculiarities typically revolve around natural resources. Global warming and on-going climate changes threaten indigenous peoples' way of life and identity. At the same time, they have adapted to many climate and environmental changes in the past.

Indigenous knowledge is thus a valuable asset in the implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies and should be better included in climate negotiations.

How can their voice be heard and why does this challenge affect all of us? What can we learn from them regarding the development of mitigation and adaptation strategies?