12 December - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
Start : 12 December 2009
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY
Copenhagen, 12 December 2009
When: 5 - 8 pm
Where: National Museum of Denmark, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, 1220 Kobenhavn K
The Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an event that aims at drawing wider attention to indigenous peoples’ rights and their perspectives and contributions in mitigating and adapting to climate change. It is an opportunity to take stock of what indigenous peoples have achieved in advocating for these in the Climate Change negotiations and to define the next steps on how to integrate their concerns into the agreements reached in Copenhagen and beyond. The Indigenous Peoples’ Day will facilitate dialogues between indigenous peoples' representatives and Parties to the Convention, policy makers, the scientific community on climate change, NGOs, the private sector, among others. At the same time, the Indigenous Day intends to inform the broader public about how indigenous peoples are already experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change. Indigenous peoples’ human rights are threatened both by the changes in their natural environments, and by some of the climate change adaptation and mitigation actions being implemented.
by: Spring Digital