Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume: 12 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 323-330
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20251237
Resilience and Adaptation of Indigenous People to Climate Change
Agnas Augustine1, Dr. A Enoch2
1Doctoral Research Scholar (JRF) in Social Work, Madras School of Social Work, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Madras School of Social Work, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Corresponding Author: Agnas Augustine
ABSTRACT
Climate change affects the indigenous people who live closer with nature than anybody else. They are the first ones to realise it and tune their life according to the changes of earth even before the outer world notices. Their socio-cultural activities, spirituality, day to day life and even subsistence relies on nature. These communities are the least contributors to climate change due to their environment friendly practices. This review paper studies resilience strategies of indigenous people who are original settlers or early settlers of the land who have been part of the ecosystem for centuries. The people who managed to sustain till the date have seen numerous changes in nature across centuries. So, their resilience is multifaceted as the challenges fall on broad categories which includes variations in environment which leads to changes in traditional practices and culture. The concept of resilience always indirectly projects its parallel concept of vulnerability (Ford, James D. et al.). Those who have fallen in the process of resilience reminds us the importance of sustainable development.
Keywords: Resilience, Adaptation, Indigenous Practices, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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