In this video, Harvey McLeod, Chief of Upper Nicola Band, Okanagan Nation, and Darrell Brown, founder of Kisik Clean Energy, discuss the urgent need for carbon removal. They highlight how climate change is shifting the way we live, and emphasize the need for Indigenous leadership and full involvement in building carbon removal solutions.
Legislation planned for this fall will also give First Nations a larger role
The B.C. government plans to introduce sweeping changes to emergency management legislation this fall to increase preparedness for climate-fuelled natural disasters and provide a larger leadership role for First Nations.
Read the Vancouver Sun news story here
"Governments of the world don't seem to understand or appreciate the impacts of climate change on Indigenous people." — Hugh Braker, First Nations Summit
A delegation of B.C. First Nations attending the United Nations climate conference in Egypt this week said that even though Indigenous people around the world are on the front lines of climate change, they remain an “afterthought” in government plans to address the crisis.
First Nations Leadership Council was nominated for a Climate & Energy Action Award!
These awards celebrate communities that are leaders in transformative and innovative climate action. Winners will be announced on September 14!
Check out the BC First Nations Climate Strategy and Action Plan here:
https://www.bcafn.ca/sites/default/files/2022-04/BCFNCSAP%20Final%20Draft%20%2822April2022%29.pdf
"For our grandchildren and their children, now the devastation has left them nothing": Shackan First Nation Chief Arnold Lampreau.
Chief Arnold Lampreau expects his house is a total loss, but the devastation goes far beyond that, extending hundreds of years into the future.
Last week’s storm didn’t just flood the Shackan First Nation’s reserve in B.C.’s Nicola Valley, Lampreau said, it changed the landscape.
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) sent a small delegation to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which took place in Glasgow, Scotland, October 31, 2021 to November 12, 2021. The AFN has been participating in international climate negotiations for the past several years, including with respect to the Paris Agreement in 2015.
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Terry Teegee says he has received assurances from the federal government that it will be committing resources and help for the 40 or so First Nations that have been impacted by the catastrophic flooding event that has impacted the province since Sunday.
Teegee says he spoke to both Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu on Nov. 17.
The BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) said it’s concerned about the lack of Indigenous people involved at the UN’s Climate Change Conference.
They’re also calling for world leaders to scale up climate change action beyond the Paris Agreement.
“We need to move from rhetoric to action,” stated Regional Chief Terry Teegee.
A message to the province from Indigenous, environmental, labour and health groups representing over one million British Columbians.
Dear Premier John Horgan and the Government of B.C.,
We write on behalf of diverse environmental, Indigenous, labour, health, business, local government, academic, youth and faith communities who collectively represent well over one million British Columbians.
A growing body of evidence shows that lands and waters that are owned, managed, and used by indigenous peoples and local communities are much healthier than those that aren’t. Governments and multilateral bodies owe it to everyone to engage them in discussions about protecting biodiversity.
