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Inuit speaker at U.N. forum warns climate change and mineral demand threaten Arctic communities and women's safety
Summary
An Inuit participant at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues said melting permafrost, coastal erosion and pressure for critical minerals are disrupting livelihoods across the Arctic and urged full implementation of indigenous rights and focused attention on indigenous women and girls.
An Inuit participant from Greenland told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues that climate change and rising demand for critical minerals are threatening Inuit communities across the Arctic, affecting hunting, infrastructure and community safety.
"As an indigenous people, Inuit have occupied, the Arctic for millennia. We mostly live in the areas of the Arctic where there's no trees, no tundra," the participant said. "Having developed highly specialized skills on surviving and thriving in the Arctic, we are about 80,000 in total across the Arctic from Chukotka, Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland where I am from."
The participant said communities are seeing permafrost melt, coastal erosion and changes in sea ice that are altering traditional hunting…
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