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October 27, 2003
Seattle, Washington, USA
Inuit and Climate Change: Influencing the Global Agenda
Sheila Watt-Cloutier1
1Inuit Circumpolar Conference, 170 Laurier Avenue West Suite 504, Ottawa, ON, K1P5V5, Canada, Phone 867-979-4661, Fax 867-979-4662, icccan@baffin.ca
Models of global climate change project particularly severe impacts in high latitudes--the homeland of Inuit and other Indigenous peoples. The still draft Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) being prepared under the eight-nation Arctic Council will be presented to ministers of foreign affairs in September 2004. Prepared with the full co-operation of six Indigenous peoples organizations--"permanent participants"--in the council, the assessment is likely to conclude that marine mammals will have substantial difficulty adapting to the impacts of climate change. So will Inuit.
When discussing globally the impacts of climate change in the Arctic we need to put a human face to the issue. It is of central importance that the ACIA be used to promote substantial reduction in emission of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change, and that Indigenous peoples and all northerners have the tools, budgets, institutions, and other resources needed if they are to adapt to the inevitable. The Inuit Circumpolar Conference is committed to using the ACIA to promote policy responses that will protect the ways of life of Inuit.
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