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Australian Aboriginal Presence at COP22 Climate Summit Marrakesh

‘First Nations Peoples must demand our participation in the planning of Australia’s climate change strategies, which they have agreed to, at the Paris conference.’http://www.sovereignunion.mobi/content/feedback-cop22-climate-summit-marrakesh
 Ghillar Michael Anderson | Sovereign Union  8 November 2016:  “First it’s important to know that the delay in countries signing the Paris Agreement was caused by both Australia and the USA threatening to walk away if other parties refused to permit various out clauses.

“Notable and critical examiners of the Paris Agreement all agree that the symbolism was great for the world facing catastrophies because of climate change, especially those of the small Pacific Islands and low coast lands.

“In reality the Paris Agreement leaks like a sieve and permits too many escape clauses for the major polluters and countries  promoting extractive industries, despite the overall great objectives of the Paris Agreement.

“As Aboriginal Peoples of the world the Paris Agreement acknowledges us in the preamble where it states:

“The Paris Agreement affirms the importance of traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples as well as local knowledge systems in adaptation to climate change.
Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge related to their food sources and subsistence practices, flora and fauna and   relationships with their traditional lands, waters and other natural resources are the basis of their traditional economics as well as their cultures, identity and spirituality. Indigenous Peoples’ inherent rights to their lands, cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, land, resources and subsistence practices are affirmed and recognised in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

“The Paris Agreement specifically recognises the importance of Indigenous Peoples’ traditional knowledge in adaption actions and in recognition of the need to strengthen such knowledge, technologies, and practices it establishes a platform for  the exchange of experience and sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic integrated manner.” … “

November 16, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | aboriginal issues, AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming