Indigenous Climate Justice in the Lake Chad Basin - Stewart, Ngozi Finette
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This volume aims to highlight Indigenous knowledge toward climate mitigation with a focus on peoples in Sub-Saharan Africa, an underpublished region vis a vis this topic. The term climate justice has emerged to explain how vulnerable, marginalized, and disadvantaged groups - often those who are least responsible for climate change caused by (often colonially induced) environmental damage, tend to suffer its gravest impacts. Indigenous climate justice efforts show promise in contributing to managing global climate change and its impact on vulnerable groups, especially Indigenous Peoples.
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This volume aims to highlight Indigenous knowledge toward climate mitigation with a focus on peoples in Sub-Saharan Africa, an underpublished region vis a vis this topic. The term climate justice has emerged to explain how vulnerable, marginalized, and disadvantaged groups - often those who are least responsible for climate change caused by (often colonially induced) environmental damage, tend to suffer its gravest impacts. Indigenous climate justice efforts show promise in contributing to managing global climate change and its impact on vulnerable groups, especially Indigenous Peoples.

To contribute to the advancement of research in this area, this book examines intersectional approaches to climate justice and explores how the varies ideas and methods from Indigenous Peoples in Sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to policies on climate change adaptation. Aspects of Indigenous knowledge that are examined within the context of climate justice include natural resource management; governance; conservation and gendered impact of climate change; food sovereignty and health.

Autorenporträt
Ngozi Finette Stewart is a professor of International Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Benin, Nigeria. With over 15 years of experience, she focuses on climate justice, Indigenous rights, and environmental sustainability, especially in the Lake Chad Basin and the Sahel. She has worked with organizations like African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), helping to shape policies on climate adaptation and resource governance.  In Indigenous Climate Justice in the Lake Chad Basin, she highlights how climate change affects Indigenous communities and offers solutions based on traditional knowledge and policy insights. Beyond research, she participates in international climate forums and grassroots advocacy, ensuring that Indigenous voices are heard in climate discussions.