LibGuides: Climate Emergency: Decolonization and Climate Justice

"There has been a shift, generationally, where younger climate activists understand this concept that there are Indigenous people, that Indigenous people have rights, these territories belong to Indigenous people, and that many Indigenous people are going to face some of the most severe consequences of the climate emergency."

~ Khelsilem, Squamish Nation councillor, Decolonizing Climate Justice

View the full episode, part of SFU's Climate Justice and Inequality: A Podcast Series.

Decolonizing climate change

Declaration of an Indigenous Climate Emergency
Assembly of First Nations declaration
Indigenous Climate Action
Indigenous led organization working to develop solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice.
Indigenous Environmental Justice
Project of York University to engage environmental justice through Indigenous knowledges and practices.
National Inuit Climate Change Strategy
From Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the organization representing Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homelands
Voices: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines Speak
A collection of Zines with interviews with 2Spirit and women land defenders in the Pacific Northwest

Disabilities and climate change

First hand testimony from Gabrielle Peters to the COP 26 Panel on Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, relaying her experience during the British Columbia extreme heat event of 2021.