Speaker: Dr. Dalee Dorough Sambo, past International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
The Institute of Arctic Studies in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College announces their upcoming webinar, titled Empowering Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Our Role in Addressing Climate Change.
Abstract
The latest International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report tells us that we need global, coordinated, and immediate efforts to mitigate climate change if we are to keep temperatures from rising to catastrophic levels for our planet and people. Arctic Indigenous Peoples have been stewards of these northern regions for tens of thousands of years.
In this talk, Dr. Dorough will discuss the global leadership roles, perspectives, and knowledge that Inuit and other Arctic Indigenous Peoples bring to climate change solutions and decision-making within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Climate Agreement, and the IPCC. Dr. Dorough will also discuss the importance of Indigenous-led climate solutions in the future of Arctic research and planning.
Bio
Dr. Dalee Dorough Sambo (Iñupiat), is the past International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), serving from 2018-2022 and representing approximately 180,000 Inuit from Canada, Greenland, Russia, and the United States on the Arctic Council and diverse United Nations fora. Currently a Senior Scholar and Advisor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, she has also served as an expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, is former co-Chair of the International Law Association Committee on Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and was recently appointed to the Expert Panel on the Future of Arctic and Northern Research in Canada. She is also co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on Arctic Health and the recipient of the 2022 International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Medal for outstanding achievements in advocacy for the rights of Indigenous peoples, service to Arctic communities, and influence as a legal scholar.