Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States are all too familiar with adaptation and mitigation because of how colonization and capitalization has already altered Indigenous lands and waters. Increasingly, Indigenous nations in these two countries are reclaiming their leadership these two countries landscape including their role in a decarbonized future economy. Indigenous nations hold a unique position for two main reasons: our place-based identity and; our legal and inherent land rights in places where net zero solutions must occur.
The event will be co-hosted by Cherie Brant, Partner and National Leader, Indigenous Law at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP & Independent Director at Hydro One Networks and TD Bank and Mark Podlasly, Director of Economic Policy, FNMPC & Adjunct Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia.
The two-day hybrid (in-person and online) event will host Indigenous leaders, industry experts, policymakers, and investors across Canada to highlight carbon reducing examples in four key areas that are either Indigenous-led or have strong potential for industry-government-Indigenous partnership:
energy generation & transmission,
minerals & materials,
finance, and
policy/regulation
The FNMPC 5th Annual IEE: Towards Net Zero by 2050 Conference is held in partnership with First Peoples Worldwide.