International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

2 -4 April 2008, Darwin, Australia

This workshop was a collaborative effort between the United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) and North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance.

The main objectives of the workshop were to consider:

• the effects of climate change on indigenous peoples;
• adaptation measures to climate change;
• carbon projects and carbon trading; and
• factors that enable or obstruct indigenous peoples’ participation in the climate change processes.

The Expert Group Meeting has sought to draw on the expertise of indigenous peoples, UNPFII members, relevant United Nations agencies, intergovernmental agencies, national and local governments, indigenous peoples' organizations, non-government organizations and academics that are active within the field of climate change.

SPFII has prepared a background paper. Climate Change an Overview

Documents: 

CRP9: International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

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