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 ascending	Geography	Website
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
USFWS. 2016. The Service's: Native American Policy. 510 FW 1. Categories: Policy, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Federal-Tribal Collaboration	2016	National	Link
n.a. 2016. Climate and Health Fact Sheets. North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. EPA Categories: climate change, human health, environmental health, air quality, wildfire risk, water quality, environmental justice, indigenous, disability, pregnancy,	2016	National	Link
Oregon State Interactive Communications. 2016. Native Perspective: Oregon State University.	2016	Oregon, Western United States.	Link
Dolan, Maura. Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says . LA Times. 2016. Categories: arctic, climate change, oil, vulnerability assessment, endagered	2016	Arctic, Alaska	Link
UBC News. 2016. Climate change could cut First Nations fisheries’ catch in half. Categories: Salmon, Herring, Population Decline, Climate Impacts	2016	Northwest, International (Canada), British Columbia	Link
Weatherdon, J.; Ota, Y.; Jones, M.; Close, D.; Cheung, W.2016. Projected Scenarios for Coastal First Nations’ Fisheries Catch Potential under Climate Change: Management Challenges and Opportunities. PLoS ONE. 11: e0145285. Categories: Traditional Knowledges, Site-Specific Mitigation and Adaptation, Joint-Management, Salmon, Species Decline, Species Range Shift	2016	Northwest, International (Canada), British Columbia	Link
K.R. Jones, J.E.M. Watson, H.P. Possingham, C.J. Klein. 2016. Incorporating climate change into spatial conservation prioritisation: A review. Biological Conservation, Volume 194, 121–130. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.008 Categories: Climate Impacts, Conservation, Climate Modeling, Ecological Restoration	2016	National, International	Link
Couch, J. 2016. Tribal Food Sovereignty: Beyond the Community Garden. FNDI. Categories: food sovereignty, food justice, economy, self-determination, sustainability, self-sufficiency	2016	United States, Canada	Link
Gombay-McGill, Katherine. 2016. Climate and Politics Could Test Arctic People: Futurity. Categories: Climate Resilience, Climate Vulnerability, Environmental Science, Social Stability, Future Generations.	2016	Alaska, Arctic, Canada.	Link
Arctic indigenous leaders from Alaska, Russia, and Canada to make historic London address on impacts of Arctic Ocean shipping. The Arctic Journal. 2016. Categories: arctic, climate change, fossil fuels, policy, negotiation	2016	Arctic, Alaska, Russia, Siberia, Canada	Link
Chambers, R.P. and Stephens, W.F., 2016. Principles of International Law That Support Claims of Indian Tribes to Water Resources. UCLA L. Rev., 63, p.1530. Vancouver Categories: self-determination, sovereignty, treaty rights, governance, international rights	2016	International, Global	Link
Chan, F., Boehm, A.B., Barth, J.A., Chornesky, E.A., Dickson, A.G., Feely, R.A., Hales, B., Hill, T.M., Hofmann, G., Ianson, D., Klinger, T., Largier, J., Newton, J., Pedersen, T.F., Somero, G.N., Sutula, M., Wakefield, W.W., Waldbusser, G.G., Weisberg, S.B., and Whiteman, E.A. The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel: Major Findings, Recommendations, and Actions. California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, California, USA. April 2016. Categories: Ocean Acidification, Climate Impacts, Hypoxia, Plankton	2016	Puget Sound, Northwest	Link
Ban, S.S., Alidina, H.M., Okey, T.A., Gregg, R.M. and Ban, N.C., 2016. Identifying potential marine climate change refugia: A case study in Canada’s Pacific marine ecosystems. Global Ecology and Conservation, 8, pp.41-54. Categories: climate change, refugia, canada, pacific, marine, sea, coastal	2016	Coastal, Canada	Link
Koszan, Tiffany. Adapting to climate change on tribal land explored at upcoming summit. Nevada Today. 2016. Categories: climate change, water health, farming practices, conference	2016	Great Basin, American Southwest	Link
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2016. Qualitative Assessment: Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Endangered Species Act Recovery Actions for the South Fork Nooksack River, WA. EPA/600/R-16/153. Western Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, restoration, habitat, stream quality, water health, planning, policy,	2016	Washington state, Nooksack	Link
Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future. Categories: Biloxi, Choctaw, Florida, Native land, climate change, sea level, sea rise, island	2016	Southeast, Bayou, Florida	Link
EPA. 2016. Climate Change Indicators in the United States (Fourth Edition). Categories: climate change, human health, social justice, coastal, forest, climate science	2016	National, United States	Link
James H. Thorne, Ryan M. Boynton, Andrew J. Holguin, Joseph A.E. Stewart and Jacquelyn Bjorkman. 2016. A Climate Change Vulnerabillity Assessment of California's Terrestrial Vegetation. Information Center for the Environment: UC Davis. Report Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Categories: Assessment, Vegetation, Climate Impacts, Climate Modeling, California	2016	California, Northwest, Southwest, West	Link
Reuters, Thompson. 'Dangerous' move by climate-change activists cuts off pipeline flow from Canada to U.S. CBC News. 2016. Categories: necessity, climate change, fossil fuels, crude oil, tar, pipeline, corporations, activism	2016	United States, Canada	Link
Stephen B. Weisberg, Nina Bednaršek, Richard A. Feely, Francis Chan, Alexandria B. Boehm, Martha Sutula, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Burke Hales, John L. Largier, Jan A. Newton. 2016. Water quality criteria for an acidifying ocean: Challenges and opportunities for improvement. Ocean & Coastal Management. vol. 126 p. 31-41. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.010 Categories: Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, Climate Impacts, Climate Monitoring	2016	West, Coastal	Link
Craig P. Paukert, Abigail J. Lynch, James E. Whitney. Effects of Climate Change on North American Inland Fishes: Introduction to the Special Issue. DOI. 2016. Categories: fisheries, climate change, fish management, water management	2016	National	Link
Anaya, S. James and Puig, Sergio, Mitigating State Sovereignty: The Duty to Consult with Indigenous Peoples (November 28, 2016). 67 University of Toronto Law Journal ___ (Forthcoming); Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 16-42. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2876760 Categories: Internatnional Law, International Human Rights, Right of Consultation, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Sovereignty	2016	National	Link
Abbey Kessler. 2016. Western tribes struggle to adapt as reservoirs shrivel. Greenwire: E&E News. Categories: Drought, Climate Adaptation, Disaster	2016	West, National	Link
The Salmon People at Risk: What Climate Change Means for the Puyallup Tribe. LRInspire. 2016. Categories: ppuyallup, salmon, fisheries, traditional foods, TEK, sovereignty, climate change, water health	2016	Washignton State	Link
Matt Richtel and Fernanda Santosapril. 2016. Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer. New York Times. Categories: Wildfire, Climate Change	2016	National	Link
AMS. 2016. State of the Climate in 2015. Categories: climate science, climate change, climate assessment, monitoring	2016	National, Global, International	Link
Lynam, T. and Walker, I., 2016. Making sense of climate change: orientations to adaptation. Ecology and Society, 21(4). Categories: climate change, knowledge production, social change, philosophy, sociology,	2016	Global	Link
Sheperd, Sara. Conference at Haskell explores how climate change affects American Indians. Lawrence Journal-World. 2016. Categories: climate change, network, adaptation, mitigation, forum, conference	2016	United States	Link
Categories: Southeast Alaska, streamflow, hydrology, adaptation, fisheries, management	2016	Alaska	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.