While scientific knowledge is vital, IK and LK are also necessary for understanding and acting effectively on climate risk . Indigenous knowledge refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings . Local knowledge is defined as the understandings and skills developed by individuals and populations, specific to the places where they live . These definitions relate to the debates on the world's cultural diversity , which are increasingly connected to climate change debates . However, there is agreement that, in the same way that there is not a unique definition of Indigenous Peoples because it depends on self-determination , there is not a single definition of neither IK and LK. Therefore, contextualisation is greatly needed. IK and LK will shape perceptions which are vital to managing climate risk in day-to-day activities and longer-term actions.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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