b"ENVIRONMENTaction requires a collective commitment to learn from one another, to draw upon ourAFN National Chief Bellegarde and Chief Littlechild at the strengths and to work together to ensure aexoneration of Poundmaker.viable and sustainable future for the next seven generations.In 2016, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Elders Council released its Elders Statement on Environment and Climate Change, articulating that Mother Earth is in a climate crisis. It calls for an immediate end to the destruction and desecration of the sacred elements of life, based on the human obligation to care for the land and for future generations. Science is finally catching up with Indigenous Knowledge, as several reportsincluding the Special Report on Global Warming under 1.5C by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Canadas Changing Climate Report (CCCR)have recently begun to reflect. In Canada, the climate has warmed 2.3C and is projected to warm, on average, at double the magnitude of the rest of the world. In particular, the IPCC now predicts a temperature rise of 3C or more at the current rate of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which means two-to-three times Actua's National Indigenous Youth in STEM ProgramActua partners with communities to deliver land-based for-credit programming in science, technology, engineering and math for high school studentsFor more information: www.actua.ca/contact www.afn.ca 43"