ATNI Climate Change Project Update Don Sampson ATNI Climate Change Project Director September 27, 2016 1
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ATNI Climate Change Project Goals Ø ATNI, in partnership with the InsEtute for Tribal Government, established the ATNI Climate Change Project in June, 2014 Ø Ensure ATNI member Tribes are engaged and aware of the federal/state/tribal climate change programs; Ø Serve as a clearing house for and coordinator of tribal and intertribal efforts; Ø Support ATNI s par>cipa>on in regional, naeonal, and internaeonal climate policy, adaptaeon, and miegaeon efforts Ø Support ATNI member Tribes in idenefying and securing Climate Change funding to build tribal capacity 4
ATNI Climate Change Project ATNI secured BIA Climate Resiliency Grants in 2015 ($500k) and 2016 ($800k) to fund: 1. ATNI-USET Bi-Coastal CollaboraEve Project Tribal Leaders Summit, Workshops, and Tribal Climate Camp 2. ATNI Climate Change Management/Research Internships and Youth EducaEon 3. ATNI Travel Support to engage with regional and naeonal climate change forums 4. Partnership with Pacific NW Tribal Climate Project University of Oregon 5. Tribal Liaison for NW Climate Science Center 6. Columbia River Tribal Climate Change Capacity Assessment 7. Helped fund Nooksack Project (2015) and Point No Point Treaty Council Project (2016) 5
Building Regional Capacity - ATNI Climate Change Internships and Youth Engagement Ini>a>ve 2016 Six Climate Change Management & Research Internships Ø Provide employment, training, and travel support to provide 3 management internships and 3 research internships Ø BIA Northwest Region Office Portland (David Redhorse), the ATNI Portland office, North Pacific LCC (John Mankowski), Wisdom of the Elders Portland (Atah Cocker and Karlen Yallup) Looking for Tribal partners for summer 2017 6
Building Regional Capacity - ATNI Climate Change Internships and Youth Engagement Ini>a>ve 2016 Youth Engagement Project Ø ATNI Tribal youth engagement project in collaboraeon with the Wisdom of the Elders and Puyallup Tribe. Developed 2 films on tribal climate impacts. Ø Presented by ATNI youth at the 2 nd Annual Tribal Leaders Summit on Climate Change on September 13 & 14 th. Available on ATNI Website for tribes to use. 7
Regional and Na>onal Planning: ATNI USET Collabora>ve Bi-Coastal Climate Change Ini>a>ve 2016 2 nd Annual Tribal Leaders Summit on Climate Change (Sept 14-15, 2016) partnered w/ Tulalip Tribe, hosted by Lummi Ø Best praceces and approaches to address climate change impacts to Tribes and tribal communiees Ø Discuss strategies to protect Tribal treaty rights and trust resources Ø Need for immediate government-government consultaeon on climate impacts and programs Ø Tribes must be consulted with on funding and allocaeon to beder meet tribal needs Ø Establish a NaEonal Tribal Climate Workgroup (ATNI reps) Ø ATNI ResoluEon to be presented for approval Thursday 8
Regional Training: ATNI USET Tribal Climate Camp Tribal Climate Change Camp (McCall, ID June 19-24, 2016) 9
ATNI USET Tribal Climate Camp 2016 Ø Partners: ATNI, USET, InsEtute for Tribal Government (ITG), Northwest Climate Science Center (NW CSC) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and University of Idaho Ø Purpose: Support teams of tribal leaders, climate change coordinators, planners, and program managers to build skills, gather informaeon, and develop local tribal plans, policy and engagement strategies needed to address climate change impacts on their homelands. Ø Tribal Delegates: Coeur d'alene, Colville, Nez Perce, Passamaquoddy - Maine, Warm Springs, and Quinault total of 18 delegates 10
ATNI USET Tribal Climate Camp 2016 Ø TCC Instructors: Nez Perce Tribe, Tulalip Tribes (Preston Hardison), Quinault Indian NaEon (Gary Morishima), Menominee NaEon, Chickasaw and Choctaw NaEons, InsEtute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the University of Idaho, Oregon State University, University of Washington and Michigan State University (Kyle Powys Whyte), and Portland BIA (Keith Hatch). Ø Youth Par>cipants: Wisdom of the Elders, a partner in ATNI and USET s broader Tribal Climate Change IniEaEve, adended along with 7 film interns and staff members to study climate change and filmmaking Nez Perce & Warm Springs 11
ATNI USET Tribal Climate Camp 2016 Curriculum: Series of modules over the course of the week, delegate teams honed and built climate adapeon plans for their home Tribes. This outcome was supported through a range of curricular offerings, including training in: Ø Vulnerability assessments Ø Fundraising and grant wri>ng Ø Community engagement Ø Climate science Ø Tribal and interna>onal policy Ø Guidelines for Considering Tradi>onal Knowledges in Climate Change Ini>a>ves 12
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ATNI USET Tribal Climate Camp 2016 Ø Evalua>on: Overall responses to the experience were posieve and affirmed that the four TCC learning objeceves ( awareness of ways to address climate change, climate sciences to meet constant change, improved programming and capacity building ) were met. Ø 2017 Tribal Climate Camp Summer and either in WA or ID Ø Looking for 8-10 Tribes with 2-3 delegates per tribe 15
Regional Outreach: ATNI & Pacific NW Tribal Climate Project Partnership The PNW Tribal Climate Project provides the following services to NW Tribes & ATNI: Task 1. Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network FacilitaEon of monthly Tribal Climate Change Network calls and meeeng minutes. PNW Tribal Climate Change Webpage - ATNI added as a partner to the Tribal Climate Change Project in the website header Task 2. Climate Science Connec>ons Database Development and update of the Climate-Science ConnecEons Database for Tribes (ATNI will be added as a partner to the Tribal Climate Change Guide). Task 3. Assist with outreach for ATNI Climate Change Ini>a>ves DisseminaEon of informaeon about all ATNI climate change inieaeves through the PNW Tribal Climate Change Network, website and regular email bulleens. 16
Regional Planning: ATNI, NW Climate Science Center, and University of Washington Ø ATNI, ITG, & NW Climate Science Center Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment report completed in 2015 Ø ATNI, BIA, and the NW Climate Science Center (Gustavo Bisbal) will recruit and hire a Climate Science Center Tribal Liaison posieons for the NW Climate Science Center to work with Tribes in OR, WA, ID, MT Seeking Tribal applicants Ø NW Climate Science Center, Great Basin LCC, and University of Washington Tribal Climate Planning Support - Meade Krosby, Project Leader UW Climate Impacts Group - (206) 579-8023 or mkrosby@uw.edu 17
Regional Planning: ATNI, NW Climate Science Center, and University of Washington Building Tribal Capacity for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment - Project Ø Make the vulnerability assessment process more accessible to tribal staff, Ø Address the demand for climate data at the scale of tribal decision-making, and Ø Support tribal staff through the vulnerability assessment process. A) developing online guidance materials targeted to tribal needs and capaciees; b) providing downscaled climate data and climate change summaries for tribes; and c) supporeng use of project products via workshops and a webinar, and staffing a Tribal Climate Technical Support Desk to provide rapid response to relevant queries 18
Tribal Climate Change Principles: Responding to Federal Policies and Ac>ons to Address Climate Change Ø In 2009, the NaEonal Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC), NaEonal Wildlife FederaEon (NWF), NaEonal Congress of American Indians (NCAI), and NaEve American Rights Fund (NARF) draned a set of tribal principles Ø As a follow up, a group of tribal members and experts to develop an updated, and more detailed set of tribal principles which also meets the aceons called for in the NCAI and ATNI climate change resolueons Ø These Principles were reviewed and approved via resolu>on at the ATNI September, 2015 Conven>on and approved at NCAI in October 2015 Ø Dec. 2015 began conduc>ng outreach to federal agencies on the Tribal Climate Change Principles 19
Tribal Climate Change Policy Principles Vision: Provide guidance to the federal government in developing and implemeneng administraeve and legislaeve aceons related to Indigenous Peoples and climate change. Resolu>ons: Ø NaEonal Congress of American Indians Ø Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Ø Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission 20
Congressional Oversight Hearing Ø Provide Tribal leaders an opportunity to tesefy about the effeceveness of current natural resource policies and programs related to Tribes and suggest guidance on the development and implementaeon of new policies and programs that will advance tribal efforts to adapt to and address environmental change. Ø Build on efforts related to Treaty Rights at Risk 21
Congressional Research Services Study on Tribal Eligibility in Natural Resource Funding Programs Ø Examine Tribal eligibility (and actual funding) within all federal natural resource programs that provide $ to states and local governments. Ø Introduce legislaeon proposing equitable tribal inclusion for federal programs that tribes are not currently eligible for (or do not receive equitable funding for). Ø Connect with the 2016 update to A Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country. 22
Agency Review of Tribal Representa>on on Climate Change-Related Commifees Federal Agency Reviews Iden>fying: Ø The naeonal and regional commidees in the agency that concern climate change adaptaeon and miegaeon. Ø The names of the members of those commidees, highligheng the Tribal members and what type of Tribal organizaeon, naeon, or community they represent on the commidee. Ø Any informaeon the agency chooses to share about the successes of Tribal involvement in commidees or the poteneal strategies for increasing Tribal parecipaeon in commidees that do not yet already have that parecipaeon. 23
Discussion Ques>ons Ø Do the principles establish a sufficient foundaeon for tribes to address criecal policy needs? Ø How should the climate principles be deployed to help effecevely inform the development and implementaeon of reports, policies and programs? Local? Regional? NaEonal? (NaEonal Climate Assessment 4) InternaEonal? (Paris Climate Accord) 24
Contacts on Climate Principles Ø Robert Gruenig, Tribal Environmental Policy Center, bgruenig@tribalepc.org Ø Kathy Lynn, University of Oregon, kathy@uoregon.edu Ø Gary Morishima, Quinault Indian NaEon, morikog@aol.com Ø Garrit Voggesser, NaEonal Wildlife FederaEon, voggesser@nwf.org Ø Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University, kwhyte@msu.edu 25
Ques>ons Don Sampson Don@SeventhgeneraEonllc.com Cell: 541-215-2753 26