“Indigenous communities need to be a part of discussions on climate change and its impacts”

In the burning issue of and around climate change, its impact on the marginalised or indigenous communities is always ignored as well as their role in the mitigation. Recently, the gap has been recognised, and communities are becoming increasingly involved in discussions on various levels.

Researchers and scholars are also expressing interest in learning from the generations-old knowledge held by these communities, with the hope that it will lead to more organic contributions to understanding climate change and its impacts.