The International Indian Council (IITC) published a North American Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Consultations Report in March 2016. The report highlights a diverse range of input toward COP21 from Indigenous Peoples of North America including a summary of North American Indigenous Peoples activities leading up to and during the Paris Climate Summit. The results of a Climate Change Questionnaire developed by IITC and focusing on key issues, impacts and solutions for mitigation and adaptation including the role of Indigenous Peoples' traditional knowledge and practices. The questionnaire was distributed during the North American consultations and online in English and Spanish via various web sites and list serves. Exceeding the initial goal of two hundred, the IITC collected and complied two hundred and thirteen completed questionnaires including fifteen collected online.
As a result of input received from elected and traditional leaders as well as representative organizations, responses were reported to represent the voices of approximately 318,000 North American Indigenous individuals. Respondents represented a diverse sample of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives including Tribal Leaders (elected and traditional), elders, youth, educators, rights advocates, community organizers, food producers, cultural/spiritual leaders, and professionals. The respondents represented voices from diverse geographical areas across North America and eco and food systems which included coastal/islands, forests, deserts, mountains, Arctic/sub arctic, plains, agricultural areas, rivers and river deltas, lakes, wetlands and highlands.
North American Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Consultations Report Available Here