Climate Change and Indigenous People and Local Communities

Dr. Victoria Reyes García is an ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). She obtained her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida in 2001. Her research focuses on Indigenous and local knowledge systems, particularly their relevance in understanding and addressing climate and environmental crises. Dr. Reyes García co-directs the Laboratory of Analysis of Social-Ecological Systems in a Global World (LASEG) and leads an ERC-funded project examining local perceptions of climate change impacts through the LICCI initiative. She actively participates in the Intergovernmental Science and Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Transformative Change Report and is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences, USA (2021) and the Académie d'Agriculture de France (2022). Dr. Reyes García teaches the course Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, where she explores the intersection of cultural knowledge and environmental science. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates insights from various fields, including ecology, economics, and anthropology, to analyze the effects of global change on rural livelihoods and local environments.