Is Newer Technology Always Better?: Why Indigenous Peoples’ Technology Should be Incorporated into the International Fight Against Climate Change

Authors

Ashley Gardana

Class Year

2012

Document Type

Feature

Publication Date

2011

Abstract

In 2010, with the aim of deviating from “business as usual,” the member states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“Convention”) gathered in Cancun, Mexico. The Convention currently consists of two tracks, the Ad Hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol (“AWG-KP”) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Longterm Cooperative Action (“AWG-LCA”). The latter track agreed that developing countries would take on a greater responsibility in climate change mitigation. Many of these countries already play a key role in the mitigation effort by voluntarily participating in projects. Now they have agreed to further their role under the AWG-LCA by implementing nationally appropriate mitigation actions (“NAMAs”) for sustainable development and outlining a national strategy for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (“REDD”).

Recommended Citation

Gardana, Ashley. "Is Newer Technology Always Better?: Why Indigenous Peoples’ Technology Should be Incorporated into the International Fight Against Climate Change." Sustainable Development Law & Policy 11, no. 2 (2011): 64-65.