Last week, Indigenous Science founder Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado attended several important events in Dakar, Senegal. As part of the ongoing Water strategy, she first participated as panellist in the Dakar Water Diplomacy Symposium 2026 in the Session 3: Collective priorities for the UN Water Conference 2026; organised by the Woman in Water Diplomacy Network, the 24th January. On the 25th January, she participated on the UN One-Day Stakeholder Meeting: Enhancing Action thr

From the Plain Language Summary: "Our findings show that climate change affects well-being in ways that go beyond individual perception. They show that the impacts occur through multiple dimensions and that local context—such as the characteristics of a community and how dependent it is on the environment—is crucial in shaping how people experience climate change. Understanding these relationships can help guide policies and interventions to better support communities facing

At Indigenous Science, we warmly congratulate Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado for her contributions as both Lead Author, and Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge Task Force and Chapeaux Author in the recently announced GEO-7 report , published by UNEP. She co-authored, jointly with many scientists and practitioners from all over the world, the following chapters: Chapter 6. Freshwater, pp. 261-303. Chapter 9. Scenario Methodology: Current Trends and Transformation, pp. 465-

Founder Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado dedicated two intensive weeks (1-12 Dec 2025) at the UNEP HQ in Nairobi, Kenya to engage in the Seventh Session of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives at UNEP-WCMC headquarters, and later, the Seventh Session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA7), a pivotal forum for multilateral scientific cooperation, policy innovation, and harnessing Indigenous knowledge for climate resilience and nature action, such as in peatlands an

Founder Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado participated as an expert for the Indigenous and local knowledge dialogue workshop on IPBES methods for working with Indigenous and local knowledge and the second IPBES global assessment . The Workshop was held at Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on 3-7 November 2025. It was a great opportunity to enhance IPBES' Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) methods and to explore the scope and framing of the Second Global Assessment. #IPBES #IndigenousKnow

Indigenous Science is present at the World Water Week 2025 in Stockholm! Upon invitation, and following her participation in previous...

A new academic piece of Dr. Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado has been published. The chapter "Why Don't We Know About Indigenous Science?: Key...