The National Climate Assessment affirms that Indigenous peoples bear both the weight of climate change’s impacts and carry knowledge that may help lessen its burden. As the impacts of climate change intensify, Ritte knows the challenge to revive and preserve Hawaiʻi’s aquaculture traditions will get harder. Similarly, the report found that local, state, and federal governments often don’t do enough to involve Indigenous peoples in climate change response planning. Nationally, Native people lead more than 1,000 efforts to address climate change, drawing up hundreds of climate change adaptation and mitigation plans. ShareAnita Hofschneider is a journalist writing about climate change, the environment, and the Pacific region for Grist’s Indigenous Affairs desk.