Philippine environmental activists and indigenous peoples express opposition to the proposed building of dams in tribal lands. (Photo by Jire Carreon)
Aug 18 2021
A global network of indigenous peoples’ rights advocates said the prevailing global economic system” has aggravated the vulnerability of indigenous communities to the impacts of the climate crisis.
The International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination and Liberation said social inequality has put the most vulnerable population at “increased susceptibility” to damages.
“The worsening climate conditions mean the destruction of the environment around them for which they rely upon their food, water, and shelter,” said Beverly Longid, coordinator of IPMSDL.
In a statement on August 16, the Filipino activist said indigenous communities will never survive the climate emergency if “the current world order .. continues to wreck these communities.”
Longid made the statement a week after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a study concluding that “it is unequivocal” that humans have caused “unprecedented and irreversible” change to the climate.
The UN climate report found that global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control.
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