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 Sort descending	Year	Geography	Website
Categories: climate change, global, signs, tracker		Global	Link
Categories: climate change, carbon dioxide, atmosphere, fossil fuels		Global	Link
Categories: adaptation plan, data, climate change, resources,		Midwest, Michigan	Link
Categories: EPA, superfund sites, data, tribal property, hazardous substances		National	Link
Categories: Swinomish, Video, youtube		Pacific Northwest	Link
Categories: drought, ecosystems, vegetation, water, crisis		California
		United States	Link
Categories: climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience, sustainability, community	2019	Inuvialuit Settlement Region	Link
Categories: green building, tribal homes, green infrastructure, energy efficiency, renewable energy, resilience, planning		National	Link
Categories: collaboration, community, capacity, resource management, national forest lands		Pacific Northwest	Link
Categories: habitat connectivity, management, climate change impacts, adaptation, ecological connectivity, conservation, data		Northwest	Link
Categories: assessment, vulnerability, index, ecosystems, data, conservation		Western United States	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
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
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology. Categories: climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation	2017	Alaska, Russia, Canada	Link
ITEP. 2013. Fact Sheet- Black Carbon Alaska. EPA. Categories: Alaska Native Villages, Black Carbon, emissions, Climate Mitigation, human health, visibility, factsheet	2013	Alaska, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Global, Arctic, United States	Link
McKenna, Phil. 2017. Alaska's Grizzly Bears Drop Salmon for Berries as Climate Changes. Categories: climate change, alaska, Kodiak, grizzly bear, brown bear, salmon, seasonal diet, elderberries, berries, ecology	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest Coast, North Pacific, Northwest	Link
Mistry, J. Berardi, A. Bridging indigenous and scientific knowledge. Science 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6291, pp. 1274-1275 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1160 Categories: emissions, deforestation, climate mitigation, adaptation, sustainability, community programs, indigenous knowledge, oral traditions, shared social memory, ecosystem degradation, community initiatives, traditional knowledge, local	2016	National, International, United States	Link
Oliver Timm and Henry F. Diaz, 2009: Synoptic-Statistical Approach to Regional Downscaling of IPCC Twenty-First-Century Climate Projections: Seasonal Rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands. J. Climate, 22, 4261–4280. Categories:* Climate Modeling, Hawaiian Regional Climate Model	2009	Hawaii, Pacific	Link
Reo, N.J., Whyte, K.P., McGregor, D., Smith, M.A. and Jenkins, J.F., 2017. Factors that support Indigenous involvement in multi-actor environmental stewardship. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, p.1177180117701028. Categories: climate change, TEK, Indigenous science,intergenerational knowledge, self-determination, collaboration, management, technical assistance, self-determination, soverignty	2017	Naitonal	Link
Sorensen C, Murray V, Lemery J, Balbus J (2018) Climate change and women's health: Impacts and policy directions. PLoS Med 15(7): e1002603. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002603 Categories: climate change, public health, women's health, climate justice, gender inequality	2018		Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten and Whyte, Kyle Powys and Lynn, Kathy, Indigenous Masculinities in a Changing Climate: Vulnerability and Resilience in the United States (June 24, 2016). Men, Masculinities and Disaster. 2016. Edited by Elaine Enarson, Bob Pease. Routledge: Chapter 12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2800469 Categories: Climate change, Indigenous peoples, feminism, gender, vulnerability, climate justice	2016	National	Link
"Community Master Planning and Program Development for the Isle de Jean Charles Resettlement: Phase 2 Report." PDF. 21 July 2021. https://csrsinc.app.box.com/s/t639h5sya1v4d5rkbdk8idrmma8437oc Categories: literature, hazard mitigation, community	2021	Louisiana	Link
2015-2016: A YEAR IN 15 STORIES. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. 2016. Categories: climate change, climate science, assessment, community outreach, summary, report, application, policy	2016	United States	Link
2016 Chugach Regional Resources Commission Climate Change Workshop Outcomes. CRRC. 2016. Categories: Alaska, Climate change, access to resources, seasonal gathering, climate model, vulnerability, tribal planning, Indigenous sciences	2016	National, Alaska	Link
2016. Research Ethics: A Source Guide to Conducting Research with Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Geography. Categories: indigenous science, research, climate change, cultural resources, sovereignty, self-determination	2016	Global	Link
2018-04-20, Final Report- The Available Science Assessment Project (ASAP) Continued: Evaluating Adaptation Actions for Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Change in the Pacific Northwest. Categories: climate change, natural resource management, conservation, climate adaptation, coastal planning	2018	Northwest	Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017. Categories: climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house	2017	National, United States	Link
A. Bakun, B.A. Black, S.J. Bograd, M. García-Reyes, A.J. Miller, R.R. Rykaczewski, W.J. Sydeman. 2015. Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports. 1: 85-93. Categories: Upwelling, Climate Impacts, Coastal Upwelling	2015	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Link
A. Park Williams John T. Abatzoglou Alexander Gershunov Janin Guzman‐Morales Daniel A. Bishop Jennifer K. Balch Dennis P. Lettenmaier. July 2019. "Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California". https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001210 Categories: climate change, wildfires, warming temperatures	2019	California	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.