Climate change strongly affects indigenous peoples. It seems essential to take into account their voices and their feedback about the consequences they undergo. How do indigenous peoples adapt to their changing environment and what solutions do they have? Indigenous peoples have a traditional and sustainable way of life in harmony with nature. They are holders of traditional knowledge and can share alternative and sustainable solutions in the fight against climate change.

Through this side event organized during the COP21 by the Regional Council of Ile-de-France with France Libertés - Fondation Danielle Mitterrand and the association Paroles de Nature, indigenous people’s representatives, experts and NGOs will gather in the Nelson Mandela auditorium of the Climate Generations areas to highlight and answer the following questions:

• What is the relationship between indigenous peoples, climate, forests and water?                  
• What are the major threats to the traditional lifestyles of indigenous peoples and how do they cope with it?
• What are the alternative solutions to climate change and adaptation techniques coming from traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples?
• What kind of partnership can be developed between our territories to fight against climate change in an efficient way?

SIDE EVENT PROGRAM

3:00 p.m. Welcome of the participants

3:00 p.m. Introduction

3:10 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Round Table 1: Indigenous peoples' voices on the issue of climate change

• Marie ROUE anthropologist, ethnoecology and local knowledge, CNRS/MNHN: Time of Uncertainty and Resilience: indigenous peoples facing climate change
• Irene BELLIER anthropologist,CNRS, head of the research program "Scales of governance and indigenous peoples", Director of the IIAC-LAIOS, EHESS: The importance of the participation of indigenous peoples in global negotiations
• Patricia GUALINGA representative of the Kichwa of Sarayaku (Amazonian Ecuador): Indigenous women and climate change

4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reconnection time to the "living forest" (Kawsay Sacha) according to the vision of the people of Sarayaku

5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Round Table 2: Actions and solutions of indigenous peoples to climate change

• Hector MARTIN MANCHE (Peru) Ashaninka: Facing climate change, the Ashaninka indigenous people' s vision on this issue.
• Felix SANTI (Ecuador): President of the Kichwa of Sarayaku: An another vision of the ecosystems and Diffusion of the film "Kawsay Sacha"
• Tom BK GOLDTOOTH (United States): Member of the Indigenous World Forum on Water and Peace: The solutions of indigenous peoples from all over the world regarding water.
• Isso NIHMEI (Vanuatu): The action of the Pacific Climate Warriors to protect their territory and peoples in peril

This Side Event will be moderated by Thierry JACCAUD Editor of The Ecologist magazine

It is organized by:

• Corinne ARNOULD president of the association Paroles de Nature - sarayaku@parolesdenature.org
• Karim LAPP chief project of the Climate Plan at Region Île-de-France - karim.lapp@iledefrance.fr
• Marion VEBER Foundation Danielle Mitterrand - France Libertés, Program "Indigenous peoples’rights"- marion.veber@france-libertes.fr