Additional Resources
Chirapaq, Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú
Summary: CHIRAPAQ is a Peruvian NGO working to construct an equitable society in Peru, with a special commitment to indigenous women.
Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences
A guide is now available to help individuals of all ages understand how climate influences them -- and how they influence climate. A product of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, it was compiled by an interagency group led by NOAA.
The °Climate Group
Summary: Over the next five years, The °Climate Group’s goal is to help government and business set the world economy on the path to a low-carbon, prosperous future. To reach this goal, we’ve created a coalition of governments and the world’s most influential businesses – all committed to tackling climate change.
Conservation Society of Pohnpei (CSP)
Summary: The Conservation Society of Pohnpei (CSP) is the premier conservation organization in the Federated States of Micronesia. CSP aims to increase community involvement in the conservation and management of Pohnpei’s natural resources; to build local capacity through public and private partnerships; to develop alternatives to unsustainable practices; and to promote laws and policies that support these objectives.
Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment
Summary: A Navajo Reservation environmental organization working on impacts from unchecked fossil fuel development on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah for the last 20 years.
Facing Climate Change: Global Change, Local People
Summary: Facing Climate Change illustrates global change through local people. From semi-nomadic reindeer herders in Norway to wildland firefighters of the American West, we document the lives of people around the world as they confront and adapt to the complex issues surrounding climate change.
Funding Adaptation and Mitigation
Summary: this web site lists the funding available to work on adaptation and mitigation strategies, by organization and by project, and provides detailed information on applying for these funds.
Ilulissat Icefjord : Greenland World Heritage Site
Summary: Ilulissat Icefjord is the first site in Greenland and one of the first
in the Arctic to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List among
numerous other world famous localities. The website allows visitors to
experience the Ilulissat Icefjord, one of the world’s fastest glaciers,
in videos and animations.
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
Summary: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) was born in 1999 as a project of First Nations Development Institute. IFIP is a recognized affinity group of the Council on Foundations, with a network of more than 200 individual funders who actively support and seek to increase funding opportunities for Indigenous Peoples. A primary goal is to foster a greater commitment from philanthropic institutions and promote effective grantmaking of Indigenous development projects and communities by improving networking opportunities, enhancing collaboration, building capacity and promoting the advancement of philanthropic leadership.
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
Summary: The IITC supports grassroots Indigenous struggles through information dissemination, networking, coalition building, technical assistance, organizing and facilitating the effective participation of traditional Peoples in local, regional, national and international forums, events and gatherings.
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
Summary: The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is a major international non-government organization representing approximately 150,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). The organization holds Consultative Status II at the United Nations.
Organization of American States (OAS)
Summary: The Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and the world. The OAS is the region’s principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption. It plays a leading role in carrying out mandates established by the hemisphere’s leaders through the Summits of the Americas.
The Prince’s Rainforests Project
Summary: The Prince’s Rainforests Project works with governments, business, NGOs and individuals to increase global recognition of the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change and to find ways to make the rainforests worth more alive than dead.
Sharing Knowledge
Summary: The project focuses on the impacts and adaptation strategies for Indigenous Australian communities living in northern Australia. Here you can find information on climate change projections for regional areas in the north as well as suggested direct and indirect impacts that may occur as a result.
Tebtebba - Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education
Summary: Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education) is an indigenous peoples’ organization born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples recognized, respected and protected worldwide.
Tribes and Climate Change
Summary: information and resources tailored to helping Native people gain a better understanding of climate change and its impacts on their communities.
United Nations University – Traditional Knowledge Initiative
Summary: The Traditional Knowledge Initiative of the UNU-Intitute of Advanced Studies seeks to build greater understanding and facilitate awareness of traditional knowledge to inform action by indigenous peoples, local communities and domestic and international policy makers. Key outputs include research activities, policy studies, capacity development and online learning and dissemination.
United Nations System Flowchart [pdf]
Summary: A Flowchart focusing on key human rights bodies where Indigenous Peoples can participate, prepared by the International Indian Treat Council. Available in English and Español.
