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The UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative seeks to build greater understanding and facilitate awareness of traditional knowledge (TK) to inform action by indigenous peoples, local communities and domestic and international policy makers. Key outputs include research activities, policy studies, capacity development and online learning and dissemination.

Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change Anchorage, Alaska, USA read more... Starts: 20/Apr/2009, 08:30 AM   Panel on Traditional Water Knowledge Istanbul, Turkey read more... Starts: 19/Mar/2009, 08:00 AM   Global Indigenous Peoples Consultation on REDD Baguio City, Philippines read more... Starts: 12/Nov/2008

Carbon Guide for Northern Indigenous Australians 11/Mar/2009 By: UNU-IAS and NAILSMA This is a short guide for Northern Indigenous Australians on the impacts of and responses to climate change, particularly market and financial mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (often referred to as the ‘carbon market’, ‘emissions trading’ and/or ‘carbon financing’). read more...

UNU-IAS TKI News 0901: Focus on climate change TKI's June 2009 newsletter: special focus on climate change activities read more...   Traditional Knowledge Protocols Sought UNU-IAS TKI seeks traditional knowledge protocols for compilation read more...   Indig. Perspectives on Climate Change: Australia 2 Video brief about effects of climate change from an indigenous Australian perspective: Kuku Nyungkal read more...