United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization| Name | Panel Discussion on "Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: impacts and responses" |
| Short Description | The session, organised by UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme with assistance from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the support of the Canadian National Commission, will highlight how indigenous knowledge and observations may contribute to understanding, monitoring and adapting to climate change. |
| Long Description |
The speakers will discuss how climate change is affecting their communities and ways of life, as well as the manner in which indigenous people are managing, responding to and negotiating these changes. The session, organized by the Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme in
cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and with support from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, will highlight how indigenous knowledge and observations may contribute to understanding, monitoring and adapting to climate change. Chair: Patricio Bernal: UNESCO Task Force on Global Climate Change and Assistant Director-General, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Speakers: Otilia Lux de Coti (Maya, Guatemala): Executive Board member and member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Jean Malaurie (France): UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Arctic issues and Director of the Centre of Arctic Studies Johnson Hugo Cerda Shiguango (Quichua, Ecuador): Indigenous leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon Violet Ford (Inuit, Canada): Vice-President, International Affairs, Inuit Circumpolar Conference; Doctor of Laws candidate Anne Rasmussen (Polynesian, Samoa): Principal Climate Change Officer, Meteorology Division, Apia, Samoa (tbc) Closing words: David Walden, Secretary-General, Canadian Commission for UNESCO |
| Start date and hour | 17-10-2007 1:00 pm |
| End date and hour | 17-10-2007 3:00 pm |
| Location | Room IV |
| Contact name | Mr Douglas Nakashima |
| Contact phone | +33 (0)1 45 68 39 93 |
| Contact e-mail | d.nakashima@unesco.org |