California Tribes and Climate Change: How Tribal Knowledge is Enhancing the Scientific Understanding of Climate Change in California

How can Tribal knowledge help us weather the extremes of climate change?

CalEPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) explored the answer to that question in the fourth edition of its Indicators of Climate Change in California Report last year. The report documents the wide-ranging impacts that global fossil fuel reliance has had on the state’s weather, water supplies, plants and animals, and human health.

For the first time, this latest edition incorporated knowledge and impacts on California’s Tribal Nations, including first-hand accounts written by Tribal members. Hear from OEHHA scientists and a Tribal leader who helped write the report and discover how tribal knowledge adds to our scientific understanding of climate change with information gleaned from centuries of interactions with the Earth that pre-date instrumental records.

Speakers

• Tamara Kadir, MS, Senior Environmental Scientist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
• Laurie Monserrat, Senior Environmental Scientist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
• L’eaux Stewart, Big Pine Paiute Tribe and contributing author to the 2023 Climate Indicators Report

Registration
Registration is free for AWWEE members. Members may add up to 2 guests for no charge at the time of registration (individuals new to AWWEE, please).

Non-member registration fee is $20.

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