The impacts of climate change are already shaping the lives, livelihoods and human rights of more than 370 million indigenous peoples around the world.  Indigenous peoples have sustained themselves through their ability to work with nature and climate change, relying primarily on rainfall, temperature differences and local biodiversity to sustain themselves over long periods of time. Indigenous responses to normal climate differences and ecosystem opportunities have enabled them to thrive in a variety of environmental contexts including deserts and semi-arid regions, tundra, savanna grasslands, oases, rainforests, dry forests, boreal forests, coastal and marine ecosystems, small islands and high altitudes. While this adaptability has served them well for millennia, it also puts them at the forefront of climate change and its impacts at different scales.