Event 1- 10:00am-11:10am
Arctic Food Systems Roundtable with special focus on Reindeer/Caribou
This knowledge-sharing roundtable will focus on Arctic Indigenous Peoples' food systems with a focus on caribou and reindeer as an essential source of life, livelihood, food sovereignty and cultural identity for Arctic Indigenous Peoples. The discussion will include responses to Climate Change, environmental contamination and government policies impacting Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ rights and traditional food systems.
DAY Two: Wednesday 9th November
Event 2- 11:20am-12:20pm
Matriz Energética Mundial & Alternativas Ancestrales de Pueblos Indígenas
Este panel busca identificar aspectos relevantes de la relación entre pueblos indígenas, Estados y empresas, como actores involucrados en los cambios de la matriz energética actual, teniendo en cuenta el panorama de postpandemia en el que no es encontramos. Lo anterior nos lleva a abordar la flexibilización en requisitos de licencias y explotación de recursos naturales incluidas las fuentes de energías renovables; así como la flexibilización de los procesos de consulta y consentimiento previo, libre e informado, pasando por la reflexión de la tradición jurídica y la institucionalidad, la estructura de gobierno de los Estados, en especial de aquellos Estados modernos que en la actualidad reconocen y recogen cosmovisiones propias de los Pueblos Indígenas.
Event 3- 12:30pm-1:45pm
Advancing Indigenous Climate Leadership: Lessons from First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation
In the face of a rapidly changing climate, Indigenous Peoples have been raising their voice to call for rapid decarbonization, raising the profile of what Indigenous Climate Leadership means. This 75-minute panel brings together presentations by First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation to highlight how Indigenous Peoples in Canada are not only uniquely experiencing climate impacts, but also uniquely well-positioned to develop strategies that address the climate crisis. This will challenge conventional conceptualizations of Indigenous Peoples as ‘vulnerable’ populations and the ‘passive recipients’ of climate impacts, instead framing them as ‘active leaders’ based on unique connections to the land, water, air, and more-than-human beings.
Event 5- 3:30-4:30pm
Our islands our home: Torres Straight Island 8
Torres Strait Islanders are on the frontline of the climate crisis in Australia, and urgent action is needed to ensure they can remain on their Islands. Rising sea levels, king tides, erosion, inundation and coral bleaching are threatening the homes and cultures of Torres Strait Islander people, while the Australian Government refuses to address the climate crisis. The Torres Strait Islands are situated between the tip of Australia and Papua New Guinea - they are low lying islands, home for over 60, 000 years to First Nations Peoples of Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait). Our Islands Our Home is a campaign led by Torres Strait Islanders to protect their island home from the impacts of climate change. As part of this campaign, eight claimants from Zenadh Kes (the Torres Strait Islands) also known as the Torres Strait 8 brought a human rights complaint against the Australian Federal Government to the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations over the Government’s inaction on climate change. A decision for the landmark case will be announced soon and if successful, could set a precedent for Indigenous Peoples globally. We hope to show a 20 min documentary featuring a First Nations Traditional Owner/Custodian/Torres Strait 8 claimant Yessie Mosby from the Torres Strait and his fight against the Australian Government. This would be followed by a panel discussion with First Nations speakers from Australia. This conversation will focus on how Australia continues to dismiss the voices of First Nations Peoples in regards to fossil fuel extraction and why a UN case was lodged by First Nations Peoples against its own government. It will discuss our fracking on sacred lands in particular is contributing to climate impacts on other sacred lands within Australia.
Event 4- 2:00pm-3:15pm
The National Policy for Environmental and Territorial Management of Indigenous Lands: opportunities and challenges for the local implementation of the climate agenda in the Brazilian Amazon from 2023.
The event intends to discuss the opportunities and challenges for the implementation of the climate agenda in the indigenous lands of the Brazilian Amazon in the context of the new government elected in Brazil from 2023 with the resumption of the National Policy for Environmental and Territorial Management of Indigenous Lands (PNGATI). The format will be a conversation circle with important regional indigenous leaders from different areas of the Brazilian Amazon and indigenous specialists in Climate.
Event 6- 5:00pm-5:45pm
Managing diverse landscapes collectively for the future: Wapichan Wiizi, Guyana
As representatives of the South Rupununi District Council we will share the Wapichan people’s vision for territorial protection and highlight how our collective territorial management - including headwater protection and a dedicated 1.6 million ha community conserved forest - constitute a key contribution to global climate mitigation efforts. Aside from its significant cultural and spiritual value, our territory serves as an important ecological bridge between the forests of the Guiana Shield and the Amazon basin – two of the most biodiverse, carbon rich and intact forests in the world.
Event 7- 6:00pm-7:00pm
Communautés autochtones et locales : quel plaidoyer pour leur prise en compte dans l’action climatique et le développement durable ?
Plusieurs instruments juridiques reconnaissent les communautés autochtones et locales comme sujets de droits et accordent une importance particulière à leurs connaissances ancestrales en matière d’écologie et de préservation des écosystèmes. Mais dans l’application de ces textes, il y a encore du chemin à faire. Cet évènement, porté par un réseau d’organisations de femmes autochtones du Sahel, est pour nous une occasion de partage d’expériences et d’idées sur le rôle des communautés autochtones dans l’action climatique et la nécessité de leur prise en compte dans les stratégies d’adaptation et d’atténuation face au changement climatique. Il est également une plateforme de sensibilisation et de plaidoyer à l’endroit des différents décideurs.