Let’s walk together, work together, we’ll be stronger together

We have also considered the priority reforms outlined in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, and the recommendations made in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ voices and engagement in the IPCC report referred to in more detail below.i Background Lowitja Institute is Australia’s national institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, working for the hea. [...] In 2021 Lowitja Institute held a roundtable with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and international First Nations experts and published a discussion paper, Climate Change and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, in partnership with the National Health Leadership Forum (NHLF) and the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA). [...] In practice, this means decolonising conceptions of health and viewing climate and health in a holistic way, aligned with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing.xvi There needs to be effective and meaningful two-way engagement between decision-makers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on climate. [...] A Coalition could also support the Department to understand and include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community priorities, and to monitor and evaluate the strategy’s impact and efficacy. [...] Under P7, the plan seeks to ensure that capacity building and development is undertaken to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have access to safe and healthy environments with sustainable housing, sanitation, water security, and food security; and that communities are prepared and have the necessary infrastructure to respond to natural and other disasters.