DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inuit</span></a> group calls for bigger role in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a></p><p>The Inuit Circumpolar Council is seeking to bring the effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CimateChange</span></a> on their communities to the attention of participants of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COP28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COP28</span></a> conference in Dubai</p><p>Alaska Beacon, via Indian Country Today<br>Dec 8, 2023</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InuitCircumpolarCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InuitCircumpolarCouncil</span></a> includes representatives in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. It is one of the six international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> organizations that have decision-making power at the eight-nation <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArcticCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticCouncil</span></a>. The Inuit Circumpolar Council has a COP 28 delegation, to include Alaska members.</p><p>"One key issue highlighted in the position paper is the Loss and Damage Fund that was created at last year’s COP 27 held in Egypt. As it is structured now, the fund is focused on helping poorer nations in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a> address the impacts of climate change.</p><p>"That leaves a big gap, said Inuit Circumpolar Chair <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaraOlsvig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaraOlsvig</span></a> of Greenland.</p><p>"'This means that as it is structured now, Inuit and other Arctic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> will not have access to the fund, although we are among those most impacted by climate change,' Olsvig said by email. Given the rapid rate of Arctic warming and associated effects, 'the inclusion of Inuit in any policy and decision-making is of great importance,' she said."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://ictnews.org/news/inuit-group-calls-for-bigger-role-in-climate-action" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ictnews.org/news/inuit-group-c</span><span class="invisible">alls-for-bigger-role-in-climate-action</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yupik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yupik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chukchi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chukchi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chukotka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chukotka</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kalaallit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kalaallit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inughuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inughuit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/I%C3%B1upiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iñupiat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tunumiit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tunumiit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nunatsiavut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nunatsiavut</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nunavik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nunavik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Inuvialuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inuvialuit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArcticIndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticIndigenousPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArcticWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcticWarming</span></a></p>