"COP27: Indigenous knowledge must be included in policy making say Inuit leaders", 7 November 2022

As world leaders gather in Egypt for COP27, the organization representing Inuit around the world are calling for urgent action on environment and for Inuit experience and leadership to be incorporated into national and global decisions on climate. 

“Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have the knowledge and must be included in any policy making,”  Sara Olsvig, the international chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), said in statement on Monday.  

“Our contributions only make decisions stronger and this is a call for the states to include us in our common efforts to create hope for our future generations.”

ICC represents the approximately 180,000 Inuit in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka, Russia...

ICC issued a position paper on Monday with five recommendations to the international community as the conference got underway: 

• address inequity of climate impacts
• for Inuit experience and leadership to be incorporated into national and global decisions on climate
• that engagement with Inuit respect the ICC protocols issued in June 2022
• recognition of Arctic’s role in global temperature regulation, protection of region in partnership with Inuit
• establishment of climate fund that can be accessed by Inuit 

“Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have the knowledge and must be included in any policy making,” Olsvig said...