Climate policy should reflect the resilience of northern Indigenous communities – The Narwhal

Canada can do that by integrating Indigenous knowledge and social capital in our climate policy framework

This year, Canada experienced record-breaking temperatures across the nation, with a larger increase above normal temperatures in the north than in the south. Canada’s annual average temperature has warmed 1.7C since 1948, but in northern Canada it has increased by 2.3C.

The Canadian North is feeling the impacts of climate change more acutely than the rest of the country. And Indigenous communities, representing half of the residents of the three Canadian northern territories, are the most vulnerable to these climate changes.

Northern populations have observed landscape and natural resources changes like permafrost thaw, shifts in wildlife and plant diversity, and changes in water and food quality.

Read More: https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-policy-should-reflect-the-resilience-of-northern-indigenous-communities/