Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Events
TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM
The Role Of Tribal Sovereignty, And Tribal Needs And Opportunities In Climate Change Policy And Action
University of Oregon, Many Nations Longhouse, Eugene, Oregon
October 15-16, 2009
The Tribal Climate Change Forum resulted in dialogue about the challenges and implications that tribes will face in regards to climate change policy at tribal, regional, national and international levels, as well as opportunities tribes have to engage in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The purpose of the Forum was for participants to identify needs and begin to develop key products that will assist tribal leaders and program officials in addressing climate change policy, adaptation, and/or mitigation. The format of this event focused on facilitated dialogue among tribal participants, commentary by tribal and university experts, and was coordinated during a visit by the University of Oregon's inaugural Oregon Tribes Professorship law chair, Dr. Rebecca Tsosie.
Forum Materials
Tribal Climate Change Forum Proceedings
Tribal Climate Change Forum Agenda
Speaker Bios
Participant List
Forum Podcasts and Powerpoint Presentations
October 15, 2009
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
Mary Wood, Philip H. Knight Professor of Law Faculty Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program and Gordon Bettles, Steward, University of Oregon Many Nations Longhouse
Introductions and Agenda Overview
Climate Change and Tribal Sovereignty
Rebecca Tsosie
Presentation on tribal sovereignty and trust issues to help frame context, motivation and opportunities for tribes to engage in climate change policy and action.
The role of traditional knowledge in climate change policy
Teara Farrow-Ferman, Cultural Resources Protection Program Manager and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member
October 16, 2009
Climate Change Research and Policy
- Forest Service Climate Change Research Strategy
Bov Eav, Station Director, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
- Summary of key issues from the September Policy Training and Update on the Senate Climate Change Legislative Process
Wendy Gerlitz, Sustainable Northwest
Issue Area #1 - Water: Issues and opportunities for tribes engaging in adaptation planning at the local level
Ed Knight, Swinomish Tribe
Responding to Climate Change: A Tribal Planning Case Study
Issue Area #2 - Forests: Carbon sequestration and market opportunities
John DeGroot, Nez Perce Tribe
Sales of Carbon Offsets from Forest Management on the Nez Perce Reservation
Issue Area #3 - Energy: Renewable energy and climate change
Cal Mukumoto, Coquille Economic Development Corporation
Renewable Energy and Climate Change
Key Themes and Resources Needed
What are the key themes and integrated solutions discussed related to adaptation and mitigation.
What kind of resources would be most helpful to tribes in accomplishing the following:
- Adaptation planning and implementation
- Engaging in carbon offset programs and other mitigation efforts
- Engaging in climate change policy and program development
Keynote Speaker
Charles Jody Calica, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation
TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY TRAINING
Portland, Oregon
September 14-15, 2009
Training materials available at http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/programs/policy/tribal-climate-change-policy-events
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For more information contact ENR or email Kathy Lynn, Courtesy Researcher, Environmental Studies Program.
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