"Climate change is not just a theory to inhabitants of the Arctic; it is a stark and dangerous reality. Human-induced climate change is undermining the ecosystem upon which Inuit depend for our physical and cultural survival. Emission of greenhouse gases from cars and factories threatens the ability of those who reside in the Arctic to live as we have always done- in harmony with a a fragile, vulnerable, and sensitive envrionment. (...)
Climate change in the Arctic is not just an envrionmental issue with unwelcome economic consequeneces. It is a matter of livelihood, food and individual and cultural survival. it is a human issue. The Arctic is not " wilderness" or a " frontier"; it is our home and homeland."
Sheila Watt -Cloutier, Inuit, Chapter 10 on " Climate Change in the Arctic". Pages 86-87, in: Jerry Mander and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz ( eds.), Paradigm Wars. Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization. A special report of the International Forum on Globalization Committee on Indigenous Peoples
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"Climate change is not just a theory to inhabitants of the Arctic; it is a stark and dangerous reality. Human-induced climate change is undermining the ecosystem upon which Inuit depend for our physical and cultural survival. Emission of greenhouse gases from cars and factories threatens the ability of those who reside in the Arctic to live as we have always done- in harmony with a a fragile, vulnerable, and sensitive envrionment. (...)