Indigenous curricula are place-based, and ancestrally derived. Such bodies of information cannot be separated from the environments from which they emanate, the indigenous bodies that foster them, nor the contexts in which they flourish. Many indigenous peoples and institutions are collecting indigenous resources and epistemologies for use in educational curricula, which are largely not yet shared with most youth across the world. Such knowledge is particularly relevant to sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity, livelihoods, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

This dialogue falls under the LCIPP function of “knowledge”, whereby the platform promotes “the exchange of experience and best practices with a view to applying, strengthening, protecting and preserving traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge systems, as well as technologies, practices and efforts of local communities and indigenous peoples related to addressing and responding to climate change, taking into account the free, prior and informed consent of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices”.  

The activity aims to identify and disseminate information about the development and use of curricula and materials of indigenous peoples that incorporate indigenous knowledge and languages in formal and informal education systems, and/or incorporate traditional and local knowledge systems, related to addressing and responding to climate change 

This open dialogue of the LCIPP will feature presentations from speakers with diverse backgrounds, including indigenous knowledge holders, Party representatives that serve as ministers of education, indigenous representatives engaged in education and curriculum development, and other relevant stakeholders. This dialogue helps promote respectful treatment of indigenous knowledge, and local knowledge systems, in the field of education and research. For more information on the biographies of individual speakers, see the speakers biography document under the "Related Resources" on this page below. 

The presentations will be followed by open and interactive exchange of views and experiences on innovative ways to identify and disseminate information related to indigenous curricula in the context of addressing and responding to climate change.