Indigenous Affairs 1-2/08: Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change: Solutions or Additional Threats?

indigenous peoples have always experienced a range of changes, from changes in the natural environment to policy changes that have impacted on their lives and cultures. Indigenous peoples therefore have extensive experience of responding to, coping with, and adapting to these changes. Their cultures have thus evolved in accordance with interactions with a changing natural environment and the broader context of social and political change. It is this interaction that has strengthened their coping mechanisms in response to change. Recent developments may, however, prove to be more daunting for indigenous peoples than any other previous challenge.