Traditional Ecological Knowledge (CET) and the right to communication: communicating climate justice

Local, indigenous and traditional communities possess a body of knowledge about their territory that can be fundamental for adaptation to the effects of climate change. However, this knowledge, known in academic circles as "traditional ecological knowledge" (TEK), is usually ignored in public policies that seek to respond to climate change and environmental degradation. This situation is not only the result of the epistemological gap between Western totalizing knowledge and grassroots knowledge, but also of the structural deficits in communication and information that afflict many vulnerable communities.