Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Australians: Submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review

Abstract

Indigenous Australians now own over 20 per cent of the continent under a number of different forms of tenure. Much of this Indigenous estate is in relatively intact environmental condition and has high biodiversity value. This submission is based on preliminary CAEPR research and highlights some of the potential costs of climate change to Indigenous Australians, and notes some of the positive contributions that Indigenous Australians might make to ameliorate anthropomorphic causes of global warming. Show more