Indigenous Peoples Present Solutions to Climate Change at Paris COP21

In Paris, Indigenous peoples called on world leaders to keep fossil fuels in the ground, respect human rights, and transition to 100% clean renewable energy.

A coalition of Indigenous leaders and activists from North and South America gathered at a press conference on Sunday 12/6/15 to present three key documents on climate change.

The documents, proposed by Indigenous leaders from the Arctic to the Amazon, on Sunday 12/6/15 include:

• the first international treaty between Indigenous women of the Americas,
  
• a call for international recognition and protection of sacred territories, and
  
• a declaration cosigned by more than 150 indigenous leaders, environmental, and climate justice organizations that urges world leaders to keep fossil fuels in the ground.

Indigenous leaders and their allies urged world governments to include the rights of native communities in the text of the international treaty expected to come out of the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris.

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