Indigenous peoples and climate change. The Yanesha people’s case from a participatory justice perspective

This paper analyses the main results of the fieldwork conducted by the author for the purposes of determining the impacts of climate change in traditionally living Yanesha communities of the Palcazu, Peru. It gives an overview of the relationship between the Yanesha people and their sacred territory before delving into the data gathered during the fieldwork carried out in November 2018. It concludes by linking the Yanesha people’s case to the broader issue of climate justice, arguing that Indigenous peoples’ participatory rights should be at the centre of a fair and inclusive international and national climate governance regime that recognizes both their vulnerability and their role as agents of environmental conservation.