Literature

Tribal leaders, scholars and others working with tribes on climate change issues are increasingly engaged in bringing tribal voices to academic literature, agency climate reports, and other publications to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the United States, and the measures tribes across the country are taking to address climate change. Abstracts and materials provided by the publications are included in the descriptions.

Publication Yearsort descending Category Geography Website
“Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance.” Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance, www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Carbon-Pricing-A-Critical-Perspective-for-Community-Resistance-Online-Version.pdf. 2017 carbon emissions, carbon pricing, climate change, indigenous, environmental justice, climate justice, fossil fuels National Link
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian. 2017 climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation Louisiana Link
Tengö, M., R. Hill, P. Malmer, C. M. Raymond, M. Spierenburg, F. Danielsen, T. Elmqvist, C. Folke. 2017. Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27:17–25 2017 climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy International Link
Emanuel, Ryan E. 2017. Flawed environmental justice analyses. 2017 tribes, climate change, pipeline, pollution, emissions, fossil fuels, environmental racism, social justice, human rights United States, National Link
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas. 2017 climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming Arctic, Alaska Link
Gregg, R.M. 2017. Incorporating climate change in marine use plans for British Columbia’s First Nations. Summary of a project of the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
Gilles, Nathan. 2017. Adaptation Partners. The Climate CIRCulator. 2017 partnership, inter agency collaboration, multiple jurisdiction, climate change, adaptation, Pacific Northwest, Washignton State Link
Colorado State University. "Forest resilience declines in face of wildfires, climate change." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 December 2017. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171212090545.htm>. 2017 forest resilience, wildfires, climate change Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Montana Link
Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L. and Prendeville, H.R., 2017. Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern US forests. Climatic Change, pp.1-14. 2017 climate chagne, adaptation, inter agency collaboration, partnerships, multiple jurisdiction, transboundary, management, Pacific Northwest, Washington state Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian. 2017 safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire, Oregon, Washington Link
Finn, Symma, et al. “The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 8, Aug. 2017, doi:10.1289/ehp858. 2017 TEK, preservation, oral tradition, culture, tradition, language Link
Siber, Kate. 2017. The Long Way Home: Opening a tribal house and closing a divide in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. 2017 restoration, ancestral lands, restitution, reparations, Tlingit, Alaska, Archaeology, social justice, social climate, reclamation Alaska, Canada Link
Friedman, L. 2017. Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report. The New York Times. 2017 cliamte chagne, Tru,p Administration, white house, planning, policy, legislation, adaptation, mitigation, coal, emissions, carbon, green house gases, United States, National Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power China, United States, International, Global Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. 2017 climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations, National, International, Washington D.C. Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian. 2017 climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house Untied States, National Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say. 2017 climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas National Link
Rogers, Nala. 2017. Tapping Traditional Wisdom to Cope with Climate Change. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, social justice, cross-agency collaboration, communication science, climate science, climate predictions, projections, planning, policy, research, indigenous science Global, International, Indian Country Link
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times. 2017 coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export, United States, National Link
McBride, B.B., Sanchez-Trigueros, F., Carver, S.J., Watson, A.E., Stumpff, L.M., Matt, R. and Borrie, W.T., 2017. Participatory Geographic Information Systems as an Organizational Platform for the Integration of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Fire and Fuels Management. Journal of Forestry, 115(1), pp.43-50. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management, fuel, energy National Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times. 2017 climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated National Link
O'rourke, Christian. 2017. With Chance the Rapper By His Side, This 16-Year-Old Activist & Rapper Is Setting Out to Change the Climate Game: Exclusive. 2017 climate change, Earth Guardians, OCT, social justice, outreach, awareness, music, art, rap, hip hop, National, United States Link
Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers. EcoBusiness. 2017. 2017 climate change, economy, employment, jobs sector, emissions, carbon footprint, adaptation, mitigation Arizona, United States, International Link
Holden, Emily, 2017. Was the Clean Power Plan Really Bad for the Economy? 2017 greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, coal, natural gas, Clean Power Plan, Trump Administration, energy, footprint National Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes. Think Progress. 2017 climate change, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, human health, land loss, adaptation, legislation National Link
Site of Science. 2017. We Are the Ocean: An Indigenous Response to Climate Change. 2017 climate change, pollution, debris, plastics, adaptation, mitigation, natural processes, climate science, community, art, traditions, museum International, Global Link
Profita, Cassandra. 2017. Climate Change Is Making Smoky, Unhealthy Air More Common. 2017 climate change, wildfire, asthma, heart disease, human health, risk, hazard, air quality, smoke, pollution Northwest, Pacific Northwest Link
Blackfeet Nation. 2017. Holistic Conservation is Not New to the Blackfeet Nation. 2017 climate change, stewardship, planning, management, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, Tradition, cultural practices Montana Link
Grunwald, Michael. Environmentalists get a dose of good news. Politico. 2017. 2017 TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate change, policy, planning, mitigation, adaptation National Link
Eilperin, J., Dennis, B. 2017. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record 2017 EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy National, Global Link

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