Climate Resilience

Primary framing

“Climate Resilience”

The air on the Tassili n’Ajjer Plateau in southern Algeria doesn’t just shimmer; it burns. For the Tuareg, a nomadic Indigenous people of the Sahara, survival has never been a given. Rather, it has always been a carefully negotiated pact with one of the harshest environments on Earth. For centuries, this pact has been written in the language of the winds, the constellations of the stars and the subtle changes in the sparse greenery of the desert. Yet today, the terms of this

Key facts

• The Tuareg people are a nomadic Indigenous group living in the Sahara.
• They have traditionally survived in a harsh environment through careful observation of nature.
• The Tassili n’Ajjer Plateau in southern Algeria is part of their territory.
• The Tuareg have a deep understanding of the natural world.
• Their survival is closely tied to their ability to read and respond to environmental cues.
• The Tuareg, a nomadic Indigenous people of the Sahara, have always had to negotiate survival in one of the harshest environments on Earth.
• The Tassili n’Ajjer Plateau in southern Algeria is part of their territory.
• The Tuareg have a deep understanding of the natural world.

Center-leaning outlets

• The Rising Nepal