The climate crisis will reshape our relationships to land around the world. To shift how the world produces food, manages land, and adapts to this crisis, it’s imperative that we don’t sacrifice the land rights of rural communities who have sustainably maintained their lands for generations.
As world leaders, climate scientists, researchers, and members of civil society debate the global climate change agenda, their efforts must account for the billions of rural people who bear little responsibility for causing climate change but are most vulnerable to its consequences. Land rights are an important way to confront this immense inequality and promote a more secure world for all.
This blog originally appeared in National Geographic: Changing Planet. By Jennifer Duncan, Sr. …