Include the Indigenous in Climate Change Talks
Include the Indigenous in Climate Change Talks
By
Tarcila Rivera Zea
Indigenous communities are often the first to suffer the consequences of global warming, writes Tarcila Rivera Zea.
In the new issue of Americas Quarterly, we asked people, “What would you tell the next U.S. president about Latin America?” To see other authors’ responses, click here.
Dear Mister / Madam President,
Indigenous communities have contributed the least to climate change, but they have suffered the most from its consequences. Extreme weather events put our sources of food and our traditional lifestyles at risk. But our problems pale...
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