Indigenous Climate Leadership: Just Transition, Youth Engagement, and Indigenous Solutions

November 14, 2024 | 14:30-15:30 (GMT+4)
Canada Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP29 Baku​

This panel will explore Indigenous climate leadership at the UN and in local communities, showcasing real solutions rooted in traditional knowledge and modern innovative thinking. Our session is based on interviews our research team conducted with Indigenous climate leaders at the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn, Germany, in June 2024. Our research team interviewed 12 leaders, focusing on Indigenous solutions, youth, and just transitions. These leaders – women, men, youth, elders, and knowledge holders – emphasized the need to center their rights and knowledge in climate discussions, steering away from false solutions towards a just transition inclusive of youth leadership. The session will feature three 2-minute clips on each theme, followed by a panel discussion led by interviewed climate leaders and researchers from York University’s Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages.

Additional Resources

The additional resources and other links available for some individual events are not hosted on the official COP29 Canada Pavilion website, and as such, it is not guaranteed that they will bhttp://https://www.yorku.ca/research/cikl/e available in both official languages.