Equitable Collaboration on Strengthening Knowledge About Climate Change

Friday, 14th November 2025

This session will explore pathways for equitable collaboration in climate knowledge production and decision-making, drawing on lessons from the Arctic Council’s engagement with Indigenous Peoples organizations. The session will highlight the importance of recognizing Indigenous Knowledge as a distinct and complementary system to scientific knowledge, and the need for structural and knowledge-based equity in climate assessments and policy processes.

Using the experience of work in Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme – an Arctic Council working group on climate and environment- and the Ottawa Indigenous Knowledge Principles, the session will showcase how Indigenous Peoples have contributed to knowledge about climate change in the Arctic through long-term observations, cultural practices, and governance systems. It will also address the challenges of engaging with indigenous knowledge holders in intergovernmental bodies such as AMAP and the IPCC and propose mechanisms for more meaningful participation. The topic will serve as input to IPCC and UNFCCC on inclusive and just knowledge governance, in particular related to the AR7 process.