Organisation

Indigenous Environmental Network

Description

Global policies to reduce carbon emissions and limit global warming have so far not been successful. The people who contribute the least to climate change, particularly Indigenous Peoples and local communities, are those who are directly impacted the most by the effects of global warming. They are also disproportionately affected due to the failure of states to recognize and ensure their collective human right to their own self-determined development and means of subsistence. The objective of the event is to show how colonialism is still a reality for Indigenous peoples and local communities around the world. The discussion with our panel of expert speakers will include human rights and colonialism, climate justice, local communities and Indigenous peoples’ response to global warming as well as Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and how its false solutions negatively impact frontline communities. It will also explore how drought and flooding affect the food sovereignty and food security of Indigenous and local communities, the nature of extractive industries and roles of private companies in colonization and fossil fuel development, as well as the criminalization of human rights defenders opposed to colonization and resource extraction, including fossil fuel extraction.

Speakers

Tom Goldtooth (IEN) North America), Moderator

Makoma Lekalala/ Nnimmo Bassey (Earth Life) Africa;

Shyrlene Oliveira Da Silva Huni Kui (Huni Kui) Brazil;

Panganga Pungowiyi, (IEN), Arctic;

Javan Santos, (Guam) Pacific Islands.

Language

PT - EN - SP