Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Publications

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	Year Sort descending	Geography	Website
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 Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy	2017	International	Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian. Categories: safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire,	2017	Oregon, Washington	Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian. Categories: climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house	2017	Untied States, National	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. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia	Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power	2017	China, United States, International, Global	Link
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times. Categories: coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export,	2017	United States, National	Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say. Categories: climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas	2017	National	Link
Gilles, Nathan G., Josh Foster, Meghan M. Dalton, Philip W. Mote, David E. Rupp, John Stevenson, Katherine A. Serafin, Janan Evans-Wilent, Peter Ruggiero, John T. Abatzoglou, Timothy J. Sheehan, Katherine C. Hegewisch, Denise H. Lach, Jessica Andrepont, and Kathie D. Dello. Responding to Climate Variability and Change in the Pacific Northwest United States: The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium, September 2010–August 2017 Phase 1 Final Report. The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC), A NOAA RISA Team. Corvallis, Oregon: College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 2017. Categories: Pacific Northwest, Climate impacts, communities, modeling, analysis	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. Categories: climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations,	2017	National, International, Washington D.C.	Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times. Categories: climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated	2017	National	Link
Alexandra Paige Fischer & Tim G. Frazier (2018) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Temperate Forest Areas: New Measures of Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108:3, 658-678, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1387046 Categories: climate change impacts, forest and plant health, community health, social vulnerability, adaptation, climate modeling	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas. Categories: climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming	2017	Arctic, Alaska	Link
Blackfeet Nation. 2017. Holistic Conservation is Not New to the Blackfeet Nation. Categories: climate change, stewardship, planning, management, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, Tradition, cultural practices	2017	Montana	Link
Rogers, Nala. 2017. Tapping Traditional Wisdom to Cope with Climate Change. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, social justice, cross-agency collaboration, communication science, climate science, climate predictions, projections, planning, policy, research, indigenous science	2017	Global, International, Indian Country	Link
Holden, Emily, 2017. Was the Clean Power Plan Really Bad for the Economy? Categories: greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, coal, natural gas, Clean Power Plan, Trump Administration, energy, footprint	2017	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. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management, fuel, energy	2017	National	Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes. Think Progress. Categories: climate change, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, human health, land loss, adaptation, legislation	2017	National	Link
n.a. 2017. Prof. Rebecca Tsosie: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights to Cultural Resources. Native American Rights Fund. Categories: United Nations, UNDRIP, Indigenous rights, intellectual property, TEK, cultural practices, traditions, legislation, policy	2017	International, Global, United States	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. Categories: climate change, Earth Guardians, OCT, social justice, outreach, awareness, music, art, rap, hip hop,	2017	National, United States	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 Categories: EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy	2017	National, Global	Link
Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers. EcoBusiness. 2017. Categories: climate change, economy, employment, jobs sector, emissions, carbon footprint, adaptation, mitigation	2017	Arizona, United States, International	Link
Light, John. 2017. Kids Suing Trump Hope the Courts Step Up on Climate Change. Bill Moyers. Categories: climate change, litigation, legislation, supreme court, trump administration, supreme court, OCT, Our Children's Trust	2017	National	Link
Dhillon, C.M., 2017. Using citizen science in environmental justice: participation and decision-making in a Southern California waste facility siting conflict. Local Environment, pp.1-18. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, management, zoning, development, waste programs, community, collaboration	2017	National, United States	Link
Site of Science. 2017. We Are the Ocean: An Indigenous Response to Climate Change. Categories: climate change, pollution, debris, plastics, adaptation, mitigation, natural processes, climate science, community, art, traditions, museum	2017	International, Global	Link
Davenport, C., Rubin, A. J. 2017Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies. Categories: coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, Clean Power Act, Trump administration, EPA, climate change, mitigation	2017	National, International	Link
Grunwald, Michael. Environmentalists get a dose of good news. Politico. 2017. Categories: TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate change, policy, planning, mitigation, adaptation	2017	National	Link
Foytlin, Cherri. 2017. Indigenous Youth Took Center Stage at the People's Climate March. alternet.com Categories: climate change, social justice, racial justice, environmental justice, climate march	2017	National	Link
Lee, J.H., 2017. Improving Native American Tribes’ Voice in International Climate Change Negotiations. American Indian Law Journal, 5(2), p.7. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, Indigenous people, community resilience, food security, TEK, cultural resources, tradition, cultural genocide, environmental racism	2017	National, United States	Link
Reuters. 2017. Indigenous people best custodians of threatened forests, studies show. Categories: climate change, deforestation, forestry, mitigation, adaptation, jurisdiction, restricted access, technical assistance, planning, policy, conservation,	2017	National, Global, International	Link
Carmen, A., Borrero, R. 2017. IITC (International Indian Treaty Council) Urges US to Rescind Trump’s Recent Actions Due to Human Rights Issues. Categories: tribal rights, human health, cultural practice, spirituality, religion, sovereignty, self-determination,	2017	National, International, Untied States	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.