Global South

76. Community Conversations on Climate Change

Strengthening Indigenous Peoples’ Voices and Actions on Climate Change

The organisation, LifeMosaic, will film the moving testimonies of Indigenous peoples who are affected by the oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This is part of a larger LifeMosaic project to produce a film for use by Indigenous communities on the effects of climate change, successful community organisation, and the self-determined adaptation and mitigation to climate change. This film will be distributed widely across the humid tropics, connecting and supporting Indigenous peoples as they defend their forests and the right to develop their own strategies for adapting to and mitigating climate change. LifeMosaic, working with with Ecuadorian Indigenous peoples’ organisations, will take part in 2 field-trips to isolated communities to film their testimonies, and edit the footage. It is hoped that the film will influence the Ecuadorian government to accept the rights of these people to self-determination.