Indigenous Climate Leadership
Highlighting how Indigenous communities are using traditional knowledge to monitor and adapt to climate change.
Key Questions
- 1How can traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) complement Western science?
- 2Why are Indigenous peoples disproportionately affected by climate change?
- 3What climate projects are being led by First Nations?
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