Tuesday 8 March 2016, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

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Presentation by Mark Trahant who is the Charles R. Johnson Endowed Professor of Journalism at the University of North Dakota. Minimizing the impact of climate change will depend on our ability to move towards a low-carbon society. Altering the way in which our global economy functions is fundamental to this change. Governing individual and collective behavior, including the conduct of state and federal governments, is therefore central to addressing both the causes and the impacts of climate change. A critical understanding of the complexities, challenges and opportunities raised by the policy regime for mitigating and adapting to climate change will be highly relevant for tribal government's and communities who seeks to play a role in moving Alaska towards mitigating and adapting to change.

Topics Include:

• 1) International human rights standards - guideline to address climate change;
• 2) Climate Change and International Law & Policy;
• 3) Equity and Adaptation;
• 4) Sustainable Energy Governance;
• 5) Climate Change and Litigation;
• 6) Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
• 7) Core Universal Human Rights Treaties;
• 8) The application of governmental policies to indigenous peoples right to land and natural resources.