ABSTRACT
Indigenous peoples and the role they may play in combating climate change are rarely considered in public discourses on climate change. Climate is an integral part of the natural environment. Climate change presents a threat to humanity at large and will have a devastating impact on indigenous people in particular. In this respect, indigenous peoples who maintain a traditional lifestyle are among the most vulnerable to environmental changes. The dramatic and rapid changes currently occurring in the natural environment are largely driven by human activities associated with industrialised societies. Climate change alters ecosystems that are the economic, cultural, and dietary cornerstones of indigenous existence. Climate change has implications for food security and nutrition. Indigenous peoples' existing burden of ill-heath increases their susceptibility to the adverse impacts of climate change. Indigenous Peoples are used to adapting to changes over long periods of time but climate change is happening drastically and abruptly.
