The International Indian Treaty Council, North America partners of the IIPFCC, held a regional consultation with members of local First Nations on 8 September 2015 in Edmonton, Canada, to discuss the effects of climate change in their communities and develop key messages for negotiators at the Climate Change Conference in Paris this December. The meeting received national news coverage by the Aboriginal Peoples' Television Network and several indigenous participants were interviewed in this media spotlight: http://aptn.ca/news/2015/09/09/treaty-6-prepares-for-united-nations-environment-meeting-in-paris-this-fall/
“Many of our people hold the expertise that would help the world in terms of climate change.”