Climate special issue: foreword

Abstract

Climate change brings environmental, social and cultural disruption to peoples and communities globally the impact of which Indigenous peoples experience most intensely – from atoll islanders’ diminished access to traditional reef fishing sites, to drought induced bushfires resulting in loss of lives and livelihoods. Climate disruptions perpetuate long standing marginalisations and oppressions. Indigenous resurgence, resistance and resilience complement the Western scientific literature. JISD centers Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, action and lived experiences of climate disruption responses. Indigenous knowledge is key to reversing the trajectory of climate disaster – not merely for Indigenous communities but all of humankind.