The inaugural meeting of ICA served to bring Indigenous voices together to discuss the current failures of the Canadian government to uphold and affirm the rights of Indigenous Peoples in accord with inherent Treaty Rights and the UNDRIP in the wake of the current climate crisis.

Danika Littlechild, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Clayton Thomas-Muller and Eriel Deranger discuss Climate Change & Indigenous Rights by Indigenous Climate Action.

The first Indigenous Peoples’ Meeting on Climate Change, hosted by the Keepers of the Athabasca was held on January 24 - 26, 2016 on Treaty Six Territories, in Edmonton, Alberta. This meeting began an important discourse on building foundational plans to develop an Indigenous Climate Change strategy.