Shaping Global Environmental Policies
Mariaelena Huambachano--former HC Faculty Fellow--highlights the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge into climate change policy at United Nations conference
Huambachano (second from left) speaks during a panel presentation
In December 2024, the United Nations hosted a conference in Saudi Arabia, bringing together leading environmental experts and policy makers from around the globe to discuss strategies for combating desertification and safeguarding both the environment and human well-being.
Mariaelena Huambachano (Quechua, Peru), an Indigenous scholar and assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, gave three talks during the 11-day United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Huambachano is among the faculty in A&S’ Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice. At Syracuse University, she teaches courses including Food Fights and Treaty Rights, Indigenous Food Cosmologies and Reclaiming Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignty. [Read the full A&S News story.]