Assembling Indigenous Climate Observatories - Local knowledge for Local Action

Indigenous communities, highly vulnerable to climate change and biodiversity loss, often find their knowledge excluded from climate research and policymaking. This Situated Action is the finale of the project, entitled; Indigenous Climate Observatories: local knowledge for Local Action, which addressed this contradiction. This project was done in parallel by 7 different Indigenous communities, in collaboration with (local) researchers and other societal actors. Together we explored Indigenous Climate Observatories as a conceptual entity which is focusing on 1) defining local change indicators, 2) using those change indicators to observe and track change, 3) reflecting on this change and 4) collaboratively planning for action in relation to this change. Through the Situated Action, where we assemble the project outcomes, we aim to further reflect on what Indigenous Climate Observatories can be, after which we co-create a Climate Observatory as a representation of these reflections and different perspectives.