The big impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of the North is obvious. The workshop series Gateway to the Arctic, organized by the German Polar Institute AWI and the University of Versailles (France), has offered a forum to discuss causes and effects of climate change in the Arctic on indigenous communities with the participation of scientists, anthropologists, students and young filmmakers. Traditional ecological knowledge and permanent close monitoring of the environment have been included in these debates, as the book An Arctic Indigenous Knowledge System of Landscape, Climate, and Human Interactions illustrates by drawing on the knowledge of Evenk hunters and reindeer herders. The Russian project SIKU on Chukotka is another example of integrating scientific and indigenous knowledge on the subject. The impact of climate change has also been documented for the Sámi.
With the project Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Sustainable Nature Relations in Times of Climate Change, the Cultural Foundation for Siberian Cultures explored these questions from social anthropological, natural science, and indigenous perspectives.
