This guide for Northern Indigenous Australians, prepared by the UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) Traditional Knowledge Initiative, covers the impacts of and responses to climate change, particularly market and financial mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon trading.
Focus areas:
Capacity building
Regions covered:
Australia
Participating entities:
UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative
Non-UN partners:
NAILSMA (North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance).
The IPCC has identified local knowledge as an important missing element in its previous assessments and a focus for its next assessment process. The UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative looks at this important area.
GEIC is a joint initiative between the United Nations University and the Minstry of the Environment, Japan.
Links
On 7 December 2009, the international community will gather at a conference in Copenhagen to try to find a solution to the gravest danger our planet faces: climate change.
Global Dashboard, edited by David Steven and Alex Evans, offers insightful analysis of vital issues including climate change, the food crisis, and human security. Be sure to read their article Climate Change: The State of the Debate(PDF).
