Environmental Activist & Advocate for Indigenous Inclusion
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim: Biography at a Glance
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an expert in climate change adaptation and mitigation for indigenous peoples.
- She became well known for her TED Talk in which she advocates for the greater inclusion of indigenous peoples and their knowledge and traditions in the global movement to fight the effects of climate change.
- She is a member of the Mbororo pastoralist people in Chad and President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT).
- She received the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award and was appointed as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate.
- Oumarou Ibrahim serves as a Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC), the Advisory Committee to the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Action Summit, and a Conservation International Senior Indigenous Fellow.
- Time Magazine listed her as one of 15 women championing action on climate change.
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is a leading global expert in the adaptation and mitigation of indigenous peoples to climate change. She is a member of the Mbororo pastoralist people in Chad and President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT). Oumarou Ibrahim is an advocate for the greater inclusion of indigenous people and their knowledge and traditions in the global movement to fight the effects of climate change.
Oumarou Ibrahim received the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award and was appointed as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Advocate. She serves as a Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues; a Member of the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC); a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Action Summit; and a Conservation International Senior Indigenous Fellow. She was listed by TIME Magazine as one of 15 women championing action on climate change.
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Combining Indigenous Knowledge and Science to Take on Climate Change
To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. In this engaging talk, she shares how her nomadic community in Chad is working closely with scientists to restore endangered ecosystems -- and offers lessons on how to create more resilient communities.
