Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

Studies, and numerous climate models, and the re-analysis of said studies and climate models, all point to humankind as the main driver of these changes writes Terri Hansen for the Indian Country Today Media Network. In all these dire pronouncements and warnings there is one bright spot: It may not be too late to turn the tide and pull Mother Earth back from the brink. Hansen highlights eight Native American and Indian tribes and their climate change adaptation practices and policy...

'Indigenous people have been confronted with changing environments for millennia and have developed a wide array of coping strategies — their traditional knowledge and practices provide an important basis for facing the even greater challenges of climate change,' according to a study...

'We are seeing that the effects of climate change are stronger, not only with drought, but pests are proliferating too,' said Pablo Perez, a 45-year-old farmer in Ishuatan, a small town 50 km (30 miles) west of San Salvador...

A champion of local action to reduce disaster risk was this week honoured for his years of commitment in support of building safer and more resilient communities worldwide. The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction presented Dr Ilan Kelman with the Damir Čemerin Award for Local Change for his work to link disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation.

This study seeks to improve the overall knowledge of the relationship between disaster risk reduction (DRR) and livelihood strategies, to improve the understanding and gaps in knowledge, practice, and policy, and to improve the impact of donor-funded DRR

Stuart Mawbey is an emergency service volunteer worker and manager as well as a person living with disabilities. He has spent the last 15 years assisting in emergencies in the Australian States of South Australia and New South Wales. Here he reflects on the immense personal satisfaction he derives from his volunteerism as well as the ongoing challenges he faces as a person living with disabilities. As a volunteer with the State Emergency Service (SES) our primary role is to assist the community with floods and storms, however I have also participated in remote area search and rescue, forensic searches, bushfire assistance, traffic control and safety for community events.

This paper emphasizes that measures to increase climate change resilience must view food, energy, water and waste management systems as interconnected and mutually dependent. It encourages those involved in supporting climate change adaptation to draw

Angela Bolis, envoyée spéciale au Vanuatu pour Le Monde, propose un article sur les projets d'adaptation au changement climatique menés sur l'île, qui subit des effets spectaculaires du réchauffement tels que la montée des eaux...