CORDIALLY INVITING YOU TO AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SIDE EVENT AT COP 27

The 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

PROTECTING ARCTIC FOOD SYSTEMS, THE CARIBOU AND REINDEER, IN THE TIME OF CLIMATE CRISIS

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PAVILION (BLUE ZONE)

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 10:00 AM – 11:10 AM

(Egyptian Standard Time, UCT + 2)

Moderator and words of Welcome:

Sara Elvira Kuhmunen, Sami, Vice Chair, World Reindeer Herders Association, President of Sáminuorra (Sámi youth organization in Sweden)

Presenters:

Chief Gary Harrison, Athabascan, Chickaloon Native Village, Alaska

Chief Bill Erasmus, Arctic Athabascan Council, Dene Nation, Northwest Territories, Canada

Anders Oskal, Sami, Secretary General, World Reindeer Herders, Norway

Questions and Comments

Co-sponsored by the International Indian Treaty Council, the Arctic Athabascan Council and the World Reindeer Herders, with appreciation to the Agro-Ecology Fund.

Virtual participation will be available. Contact Chris Honahnie via [email protected] to request the log-in link before the event.