Website: Tribes & Climate Change

Ginny Brown

Initial Publication Date: April 29, 2016

Summary

This website provides information and resources tailored to helping Native people gain a better understanding of climate change and its impacts on their communities. Here you'll find basic climate-change information; profiles of tribes in diverse regions of the U.S., including Alaska, who are coping with climate change impacts; audio files of elders discussing the issue from traditional perspectives; and resources and contacts you can use to develop climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

This site will provide an open forum where you can share your ideas and views on climate change with others. As the science of climate change expands, we will continue to update and refine this website to provide the best, most-current information possible.

Learning Goals

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Context for Use

To gather and share tribal perspectives and strategies for dealing with climate change.

Description and Teaching Materials

Northern Arizona University, Tribal Environmental Professionals, Tribes and Climate Change The development of Tribes & Climate Change was made possible through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Atmospheric Programs.

Tribes & Climate change website: http://www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/index.asp

To find a teaching resource using this site, go to: Case Study: Addressing Climate Change at a Tribal Level