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Climate change and adaptive capacity in Aboriginal communities south of 60 assesment report

20 May 2011

The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) and researchers in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) formed a partnership (a project team) over three years to provide Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Aboriginal peoples in Canada with greater knowledge and understanding of the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of Aboriginal communities south of [...] To provide a context and linkage to the specific concerns related to the impacts of climate change we also completed a review and assessment of recent research in this area and as far as possible attempted to link this to the specific concerns of Aboriginal communities south of 60. [...] In the absence of the ability to accurately predict local outcomes of climate change people have sought to understand the ways in which communities may be exposed and sensitive to the impacts of climate change in the context of other things which may also threaten or undermine community wellbeing and prosperity. [...] In addition to a lack of understanding of the risks climate change poses to Aboriginal communities south of 60º, there is a lack of understanding of the abilities and processes of these communities to cope with and adapt to change with respect to their cultures, social relations, economic wellbeing, and governance. [...] The Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) and researchers in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have formed a partnership (a project team) to provide Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Aboriginal peoples in Canada with greater knowledge and understanding of the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of Aboriginal communities south of 60º.
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Pages
414
Published in
Canada

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