Sustainability, Indigeneity, Resilience and Development in the Age of Climate Change.

Indigenous knowledge of climate crisis is based on centuries of knowledge production and community reproduction, which is significant to climate adaptation and mitigation globally. It is also based on daily experience and observation, continuous adaptation, innovative responses to disasters, the development of resilient mechanisms, protection of the environment, and the centrality of interconnections between the ocean, sky, land, and people. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2022 Report suggested the need for climate-resilient development adaptation and mitigation measures, including Indigenous and local knowledge and system transitions, to reduce risks from the human-induced climate crisis. Still, it fails to suggest how this can be achieved. This panel addresses this gap by exploring existing climate-resilient mechanisms and case studies from across the world where Indigenous Knowledge is a crucial source of resilience for impacted communities.