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Climate change and Indigenous People and local communities

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts vary among different social groups, who perceive and adapt to climate change impacts in different ways. In this course, you will:
a) understand the different debates around climate change impacts on Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC);
b) familiarize yourself with different impacts of climate change on IPLC, with the IPLC understanding of climate change impacts and with their strategies to adapt to climate change; and
c) learn about different strategies to incorporate Indigenous peoples and local communities in climate change research and policy.
The course includes a theoretical and a methodological component, through which you will learn methodologies to conduct research on Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ perceptions of climate change impacts.

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Flexible deadlines

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Beginner Level

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English

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is a public university located in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. International in its outlook, it is fully consolidated within its local surroundings, and offers quality education in close association with research activity, the transfer of scientific, technological, cultural and educational knowledge, the promotion of its human potential and the responsible management of available resources.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Climate change and Indigenous Peoples and local communities

This course on Climate Changes Impacts and Indigenous People and Local communities (IPLC) is divided in five different sections:

1) the first week aims to present the key notions related to climate change, and to Indigenous peoples and local communities knowledge systems. 2) the second week will show the different climate changes impacts on IPLC, at the climatic, biological, physical and human systems level. 3) the third week presents examples of coping and adaptation strategies of IPLC to climate change impacts 4) in the fourth week, different methods for data collection on local perceptions of climate change will be presented 5) the fifth week aims to give an overview on the governance in global change and the role of IPLC. Overall, this course includes a theoretical and a methodological component, through which you will learn methodologies to conduct research on Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ perceptions of climate change impacts.

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 5 readings

2 hours to complete

Introduction

In Module 1, we will explain the basic concepts of the course and present the basic paradox of research on Indigenous peoples and climate change impacts: while Indigenous Peoples minimally contribute to anthropogenic climate change, they are directly and disproportionally impacted by it. The module will also highlight the reasons why tapping in Indigenous knowledge is basic for climate change research.

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 52 min), 7 readings, 1 quiz

7 videos

Introduction to the week53sClimate change as a natural and anthropogenic phenomena7mThe multiple evidences of climate change9mIndigenous peoples and local communities: who, what, where7mLocal knowledge systems9mDifferences and synergies between Local Ecological Knowledge and scientific knowledge8mThe potential of local knowledge to understand climate change8m

7 readings

Connecting Diverse Knowledge Systems for Enhanced Ecosystem Governance: The Multiple Evidence Base Approach10mClimate Change 2014. Synthesis Report. Summary for Policymakers20mLinking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change10mObservations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world10mA spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation10mLocal indicators of climate change: the potential contribution of local knowledge to climate research10mClimate Change 2014: Synthesis Report10m

1 practice exercise

Quiz 110m

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Climate change impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities

In Module 2, we will explain the importance of understanding how climate change impacts Indigenous Peoples and local communities. IPLC are disproportionally impacted by climate change because they depend directly on the use and management of natural resources. We will also present some common approaches to assess the vulnerability of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to climate change impacts. Finally, this module will bring examples of how climate change impacts elements of the climatic, physical, biological and human systems, and how these impacts are perceived by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

3 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 50 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

6 videos

Introduction to the week52sIntroduction: Understanding climate change impacts on indigenous communities7mClimate change impacts on physical systems and their consequences for Indigenous People and Local Communities11mClimate change impacts on the biological system: local perceptions of changes in living organisms8mClimate change impacts on indigenous resource management systems11mClimate change impacts on indigenous health and well being10m

6 readings

Indigenous peoples and climate change30mUnexpected climate impacts on the Tibetan Plateau: Local and scientific knowledge in findings of delayed summer10mThe impact of climate change on the well-being and lifestyle of a First Nation community in the western James Bay region10mThe impacts of climate change on human health in the United States1mAn IPCC Special Report on ocean and cryosphere in changing climate25mAn IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems30m

1 practice exercise

Quiz 210m

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Coping and adapting to climate change impacts

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 58 min), 10 readings, 1 quiz

8 videos

Introduction to the week46sIntroduction 1/2: Understanding adaptation to climate change10mIntroduction 2/2: From the local to the global: Classifying local responses to climate change7mAdaptation strategies, example 1/3: Mobility as adaptation in pastoral systems6mAdaptation strategies, example 2/3: Diversification as adaptation in agricultural systems9mAdaptation strategies, example 3/3: Learning from the past: Multilevel adaptation to drought in early modern Spain8mIndigenous Peoples’ limits and barriers to climate change adaptation6mMaladaptation: When adaptation does not work8m

10 readings

Maladaptation: When Adaptation to Climate Change Goes Very Wrong10mAdaptation to Environmental Change: Contributions of a Resilience Framework15mThe role of indigenous peoples in combatin climate change5mMaladaptation3mAddressing the risk of maladaptation to climate change15mLandscape sustainability science in the drylands: mobility, rangelands and livelihoods10mTransitions: Pastoralists Living with Change10mClimate change and pastoralism: impacts, consequences and adaptation10mHow much climate change can pastoral livelihoods tolerate? Modeling rangeland use and evaluating risk10mPrudent Peasantries: Multilevel Adaptation to Drought in Early Modern Spain (1600-1715)30m

1 practice exercise

Quiz 310m

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Local Indicators of climate change impacts

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 66 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

8 videos

Introduction to the week51sThe contribution of Indigenous and local knowledge9mThe classification system10mA Standard Protocol. Part 19mA Standard Protocol. Part 211mThe use of Citizen Science. OpenTEK (OpenPlatform for Traditional Ecological Knowledge)5mExploring OpenTEK (Open platform for Traditional Ecological Knowledge)9mCommunity-based monitoring with Indigenous peoples and community organisations8m

4 readings

A collaborative approach to bring insights from local observations of climate change impacts into global climate change research5mGlobal patterns of adaptation to climate change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. A systematic review10mCitizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms15mCitizen science and sustainability transitions15m

1 practice exercise

Quiz 410m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

by GRJul 5, 2022

Excellent course , very informative and stimulates the thought process on polices, about climate change and impact on indegenious people.

by LMDec 3, 2021

I loved this course but i would say that the time associated with how long it would take to read all of the papers was very inaccurate. Thank you for this content though it was brilliant!

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Instructors

Victoria Reyes García

Sandrine Gallois

André Braga Junqueira

Xiaoyue Li

Ramin Soleymani-Fard

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Climate change and Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Introduction

Climate change impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities

Coping and adapting to climate change impacts

Local Indicators of climate change impacts

The role of IPLC in global climate governance

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André Braga Junqueira

Xiaoyue Li

Ramin Soleymani-Fard

Offered by

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Climate change and Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Introduction

Climate change impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities

Coping and adapting to climate change impacts

Local Indicators of climate change impacts

The role of IPLC in global climate governance

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

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