United Nations University – Institute of Advance Studies
Yokohama
2-Apr-2008
Biofuel production, renewable energy expansion, other mitigation measures uprooting indigenous peoples in many regions
Indigenous peoples have contributed the least to world greenhouse gas emissions and have the smallest ecological footprints on Earth. Yet they suffer the worst impacts not only of climate change, but also from some of the international mitigation measures being taken, according to organizers of a United Nations University co-hosted meeting April 3 in Darwin, Australia.
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