"The Role of Indigenous Communities in Reducing Climate Change Through Sustainable Land Use Practices"

Panelists addressed the following questions:
- How do indigenous peoples’ traditional land use practices help to combat climate change?
- What threats to these practices exist, and what strategies can indigenous and local communities and their allies pursue to protect them?
- How are indigenous and local communities adapting to climate change? Are there any strategies and land governance practices that we can learn from and seek to replicate?
- What underlying land governance practices increase the ability of indigenous communities to face climate change?

Moderator: Sam Szoke-Burke, Legal Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Panelists:
Dr. Kanyinke Sena, Director, Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee
Antonella Cordone, Senior Technical Specialist, Nutrition and Social Inclusion, Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Janene Yazzie, Co- Founder and CEO, Sixth World Solutions

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