They live in geographical regions and ecosystems that are the most vulnerable to climate change. These include polar regions, humid tropical forests, high mountains, small islands, coastal regions, and arid and semi-arid lands, among others. The impacts of climate change in such regions have strong implications for the ecosystem-based livelihoods on which many indigenous peoples depend. Moreover, in some regions such as the Pacific, the very existence of many indigenous territories is under threat from rising sea levels that not only pose a grave threat to indigenous peoples’ livelihoods but also to their cultures and ways of life.
They live in geographical regions and ecosystems that are the most vulnerable to climate change. These include polar regions, humid tropical forests, high mountains, small islands, coastal regions, and arid and semi-arid lands, among others. The impacts of climate change in such regions have strong implications for the ecosystem-based livelihoods on which many indigenous peoples depend. Moreover, in some regions such as the Pacific, the very existence of many indigenous territories is under threat from rising sea levels that not only pose a grave threat to indigenous peoples’ livelihoods but also to their cultures and ways of life.
['Coastal communities', 'Members of indigenous and local communities']