Final Report - Indigenous Peoples Meeting on Climate Change, Edmonton, AB (Treaty 6), January 2016

Indigenous Climate Action is please to present the final report from our inaugural meeting in January 2016.

The inaugural meeting of ICA served to bring Indigenous voices together to discuss the current failures of the Canadian government to uphold and affirm the rights of Indigenous Peoples in accord with inherent Treaty Rights and the UNDRIP in the wake of the current climate crisis. The following themes that emerged were as follows:​

• Impacts of climate change

• Effects and under utilization of current mechanism on addressing climate change such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples (UNDRIP), Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

• Challenges to meaningful participation as Indigenous peoples in current climate change discourse at the local, national and international levels

• Solutions and opportunities to address challenges faced at the local, national, and international levels

• Next steps necessary for the development of an Indigenous Climate Action Plan

This report is full of insight and guidance, and can serve as a useful tool for all people interested in furthering the goals for Indigenous led climate-justice.

Please click the image below to download a copy of the report.