Indigenous peoples, local communities and climate change mitigation

This special issue of Climatic Change collects recent findings on the relationship between climate change mitigation and local communities/Indigenous peoples in a single issue. Specifically, this issue seeks to address the question of what policy measures have proven effective and in what context for advancing both the goals of indigenous sovereignty and climate change mitigation. The journal aims to provide a means of exchange among those working in different disciplines on problems related to climatic variations and to provide a platform to reflect on the wide and diverse range of perspectives and experiences concerning Indigenous peoples and local communities and climate change mitigation responses. Although many papers are available regarding the contributions and impacts of climate change adaptation and Indigenous peoples, significantly less material is available regarding their relationship and contributions to climate change mitigation. The papers in this special issue address some of the most pertinent cross-disciplinary topics facing policy-makers today, including links between mitigation initiatives, livelihoods, and resilience, and how these impact local, regional and international levels.