The knowledge, values, and practices of Indigenous peoples and local communities offer
ways to understand and better address social-environmental problems. The article reviews …

With ongoing environmental degradation at local, regional, and global scales, people's
accepted thresholds for environmental conditions are continually being lowered. In the …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play
critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization …

Indigenous peoples globally have high exposure to environmental change and are often
considered an" at-risk" population, although there is growing evidence of their resilience. In …

Local and indigenous knowledge is being transformed globally, particularly being eroded
when pertaining to ecology. In many parts of the world, rural and indigenous communities …

Scholars, politicians, practitioners, and civil society increasingly call for sustainability
transformations to cope with urgent social and environmental challenges. In sustainability …

Introduction In the quest to improve the understanding of climate change impacts on
elements of the atmospheric, physical, and life systems, scientists are challenged by the …

Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC) are affected by global environmental
change because they directly rely on their immediate environment for meeting basic …

Several intergovernmental policy instruments, including the World Heritage Convention of
UNESCO and the Convention on Biological Diversity, have proposed to develop integrated …