Why Indigenous voices are particularly important for Canada at UN climate change negotiations

Many Indigenous communities felt angry and excluded by the inclusion of more fossil-fuel industry lobbyists than Indigenous participants at COP26, including by Canada.

Indigenous voices at COP26 feared 'carbon colonialism', and argued that net zero will lead to decreasing Indigenous land tenure, says Matthias Fritsch.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY Matthias Fritsch

December 6, 2021

Now that COP26 in Glasgow has ended, the reactions to the final agreement are still coming in. As a non-Indigenous observer from Canada at COP26, I paid particular attention to Indigenous participants and reactions. Indigenous peoples make up less than five per cent of the global population, but des...

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