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This book addresses the social implications of climate change and climatic variability on indigenous peoples and communities living in the highlands, lowlands, and coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. Across the region, indigenous people already perceive and experience negative effects of climate change and variability. Many indigenous communities find it difficult to adapt in a culturally sustainable manner. In fact, indigenous peoples often blame themselves for the changes they observe in nature, despite their limited emission of green house gasses. Not only is the viability of

Indigenous peoples --- Human beings --- Climatic changes --- Autochtones --- Homme --- Climat --- Ecology --- Effect of climate on --- Ecologie --- Influence du climat --- Changements --- Latin America --- Caribbean Area --- Amérique latine --- Caraïbes (Région) --- Environmental conditions --- Environnement --- Caribbean Area -- Environmental conditions. --- Climatic changes -- Caribbean Area. --- Climatic changes -- Latin America. --- Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- Caribbean Area. --- Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- Latin America. --- Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Caribbean Area. --- Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Latin America. --- Latin America -- Environmental conditions. --- Anthropogeography & Human Ecology --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Climatic factors --- Environmental conditions. --- Amérique latine --- Caraïbes (Région) --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Aboriginal peoples --- Aborigines --- Indigenous populations --- Native peoples --- Native races --- Environmental aspects --- Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America --- Hominids --- Persons --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Ethnology --- Adivasis --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Ethnoecology --- Human ecology --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Global environmental change