Organisation

Indigenous Environmental Network

Description

A world without ecological destruction and endless greed can be achieved: with a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Hear from Alex Rafalowicz, Brenna Two Bears and more speakers as they talk about why they joined this fight for Mother Earth, moderated by Tom Goldtooth.

The Paris Agreement was not enough, climate policy is not enough, we need more. Through broken treaties, stolen land and culture, now is our time to join the call. Already they have endorsements from several Pacific Nations, like Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Fiji, and Tonga. As of November 2023, the European Parliament also voted to endorse the Treaty initiative as well. It is essential for our Indigenous people to get involved on the ground. Joining Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Campaign is the next step to curb the industry that puts our future at risk. Through it, we can ensure an Indigenous Just Transition.

Co-hosted by the Indigenous Environmental Network, Indigenous Climate Action, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, and the It Takes Roots Coalition. As the Indigenous Environmental Network, we do not support the extractive systems of any natural resource because they inevitably damage Mother Earth, our relatives, the plants and animals, and each other. Whether that is fossil fuels, hydrogen, or nuclear, we do not support it. Fossil fuel projects make up 86% of carbon emissions yet oil and gas projects are on the rise. We need to shut them down if we want a future for the next seven generations. Pipelines are dangerous for climate change, and they are dangerous for MAPA. It is not a question of if, but when a pipeline will burst.

Speakers

Alex Rafalowicz | Executive Director at Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

Representative from Vanuatu or Tuvalu

Tom Goldtooth | Executive Director at Indigenous Environmental Network

Brenna Twobears | Lead Coordinator at Indigenous Environmental Network

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Federación de Comunidades Nativas Fronterizas del Putumayo - FECONAFROPU

Description

Las comunidades indígenas promueven el uso de energía limpia a través del uso de paneles solares fotovoltaicos en todos sus territorios, capacitando previamente a los jóvenes indígenas para acceder a las tecnologías limpias para uso, producción y comercialización. Es la primera experiencia a nivel global de los Pueblos Indígenas de los bosques amazónicos y trópicos en el mundo.

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Fundación Plurales

Description

El espacio busca compartir experiencias de como las mujeres indígenas y campesinas se aseguran el acceso a derechos desde sus territorios y como esos derechos son impactados por el cambio climático.

Speakers

Lilian Gregorio (ARGE) Karem Dubois (Guatemala) Andrea Monzón Juarez (Guatemala) y Victoria Bojaca (Colombia)

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change Chile (FICCC) and Shaun Fitzgerald English Centre for Climate Repair

Description

The global south has one of the most important sources of lithium and copper, key resources needed for the energy transition. Moreover, it experiences some of the most intensive insolation which can be used for solar power. Equally, it is home to many indigenous communities experiencing effects of climate change.

Join the dialogue between indigenous peoples from the Atacama Desert and the global south, and learn how they are adapting to and mitigating the climate emergency by using indigenous practices to protect native ecosystems and support climate repair.

Speakers

Freddy Sebastián Medina Castellano – Francés Foro Indígena sobre Cambio

Climático Chile (FICC Chile)

Daniela Gamin, Ancestral authority, Lafkenche - Mapuche People.

Mrs. Sonia Ramos, Lickanantai People, leader of the "Ayllu sin Fronteras" movement for preserving the Atacama Salt Flat

Antonieta Nestor – Spanish Centre for Climate Repair

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL)

Description

Can a garment tell a story?

This fashion show and showcase of designed and crafted clothes, accessories and implements will carry the message of different Indigenous Women and Youth on the issues of:

• Indigenous Land Rights,

• Fossil Fuel,

• Militarism,

• Loss and Damage,

• False Solutions,

• Colonial Conservation,

• Indigenous Culture and Knowledge and

• Climate Justice.

Every garment will be a jump off of the conversation, presentations and story that Indigenous women live by every day. Clothes, accessories and implements will be an intersection of artistic, traditional and indigenous art and culture.

Program flow:

• 12 artists/ models to showcase 12 fashion items carrying different themes

• 5 minutes each item together with narration, video presentation and story (60 minutes total)

• Last 15 minutes: Question and Answer

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

FSC Indigenous Foundation, the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests / Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica (CMLT) and the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities

Description

Indigenous Peoples have been disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change, which has not only damaged their territories and food security, but also their culture, identity and connection to mother earth. Indigenous women and girls have been especially affected by the degradation of climate change in their territories, communities and families, increasing the conditions of vulnerability and risk to different types of violence, thus threatening their main role as guardians of ancestral and traditional knowledge, as transmitters of the culture and identity within their communities, as caretakers and food security of their families, and as defenders of the rights of their peoples.

Considering the differential impact of climate change on the Indigenous Women life, this event aims 1) to point up the link between the effects of climate change and the increase of violence against Indigenous women and girls; 2) to promote more analyses and assessments of losses and damages focused on the conditions and needs of Indigenous women, with a culturally appropriate gender lens; and 3) to promote climate actions that respond in a differentiated way to the needs of Indigenous women, acknowledging the role of Indigenous women play and have played in their communities in protecting their cultural landscapes

The event will include a panel of a maximum of 5 people between Indigenous Women from different countries and delegates from organisations with experience in working with Indigenous Women, as well as a moderator. Each panelist will structure their interventions around the following specific points:

1) Losses and Damages from the point of view and feelings of Indigenous Women – the increase of violence and risks.

2) Actions taken by and for Indigenous Women to resist the effects of Climate Change.

Speakers

Panelists:

Sara Omi, Indigenous Leader from Panama, President of the Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica of AMPB (CMLT)

2) Balkissou Buba, Vice President of the Cameroonian Branch of Network of Indigenous and Local Populations for the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (REPALEAC)

3) Edna Kaptoyo, alternate for the English-speaking Africa region, FSC Permanent Indigenous Peoples’ Committee (PIPC), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Language

EN - SP - FR

Organisation

TIN HINAN

Description

Partage d’expérience et d’idées sur les difficultés d’accès à l’eau aux peuples

autochtones liées au cc, la destruction de la biodiversité ; le changement climatique et ses

impacts sur l’accès des peuples autochtones du Sahel a l’eau et les systèmes alimentaires.

Speakers

- Mominata Compaore. Moderatrice

- Djalika DICKO. Ingénieure WASH /

spécialiste genre,

Jeune femme autochtone

entrepreneur dans le

domaine des forages,

- Aissata Cissé. Point Focal

Genre et Changement

climatique/ Mali

- Sani Ayouba. Co-founder and Executive Director of

Young Volunteers for the Environment.

- Sarah “Bestang” Dekdeken. Secretary General of the

Cordillera Peoples Alliance

Language

FR - EN

Organisation

Africa Land Coalition

Description

Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) are essential to restoration efforts and play a crucial role in response to climate change and biodiversity loss. They display inherent climate resilience, a significant ingredient for adapting and mitigating climate change and realizing long-term, sustainable land restoration. They are highly connected to land and are stewards of about 15% of nature and the heightened impacts that they experience from climate change. The fact that they are blazing the trail in innovative climate adaptation work, using traditional knowledge and novel approaches, cannot be gainsaid. The session aims to highlight the need to take stock and look into the future in securing indigenous people's rights to land for Climate Change, Resilience, and Restoration Efforts in Africa and beyond. It will contribute to an improved recognition of the rights to land of indigenous communities as critical ingredients to mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change and restoration efforts. Further, looking into the increasing demand for carbon offsets in Africa and beyond, the session envisions unpacking the need to strengthen the IPLasiaC's tenure and its implication for the community's livelihoods.

Speakers

Vital Bambanze: Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) and Director of UNIPROBA

Adamou Amadou, President, Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association, Cameroon (MBOSCUDA

Isaac Tobiko, Director of Community Land Action Now! (CLAN)

Joshua Cooper; Executive Officer, Hawaii Institute for Human Rights

Language

EN - FR - SP

Organisation

Nature4Climate, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and the Environmental Defense Fund

Description

This event will hear from members of Indigenous communities and their experience with carbon finance through the voluntary carbon market (VCM). The objectives are to:

Highlight the importance of the application of social and environmental safeguards as part of high-integrity VCM.

Showcase examples of how carbon finance has supported nature-based solutions and IPs and LCs sustainable development within their territories.

Identify key challenges and action-steps toward scaling-up Indigenous engagement and Indigenous benefits into VCM finance and projects.

Outline the work already done by the ICVCM to include IPs and LCs rights and concerns into the CCPs and Assessment Framework.

Speakers

Mere Takoko (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui, Rongowhakaata), Vice President, Conservation International Aotearoa (NZ)

Fermin Chimatani Tayori, Leader of the Harakbut people of Madre de Dios Peru and president of Anecap

Isack Bryson, Hadzabe community member and project manager, Carbon Tanzania

Melena Pollard, Toshao (leader) of River’s View, Guyana

Navy Kroeung, Bunong community member and village coordinator for the Keo Seima project (WCS) in Cambodia

Moderator: Mark Moroge, Vice President of Natural Climate Solutions at Environmental Defense Fund

Welcome: Angela Churie Kallhauge (ICVCM) and Patricia da Matta (N4C

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú / ONAMIAP

Description

Las mujeres indígenas hemos testimoniado cómo la crisis climática está afectando nuestros territorios y sistemas de producción tradicional que garantizan nuestra soberanía alimentaria, que nos exige asumir competencia jurisdiccional para proteger nuestros territorios integrales y sistemas hídricos.

Speakers

Ketty Marcelo, Presidenta de ONAMIAP

Mayra Macedo, Secretaria de organización de ONAMIAP / OCIDMUSHI

Wilma Mendoza, Presidenta de CNAMIB

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme-Asia and the Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda I.A.P.

Description

For generations, Indigenous Peoples have been implementing just, equitable, climate-resilient solutions, and advocating for nature. This knowledge, science, practices, and innovations have benefited humanity and protected biodiversity. As a result, it is critical to recognize and expand ongoing activities of/with Indigenous Peoples and partner network organizations that have proven they can deliver climate commitments that are right-based, intergenerational, and collaborative. Hear from leaders and Indigenous Peoples and civil society organizations working on the ground on local and collaborative, nature-based solutions seeking to share solutions and scale their impact. These voices and interactive exchanges will feature the Indigenous Peoples network, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women and Indigenous Youth from various alliances, network, and civil organizations in ASEAN UNDP Equator prize winners and the climate protocol model by Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP.

Speakers

Sheikh Abdulaziz al Nuaimi, the "Green Sheikh", special guest as the Master of ceremonies representing the UAE hosting COP28

Speakers:

• Instituto Zag Brazil, Equator Prize 2023

• Perfect Village Community PVC (Burundi) Equator Prize 2023

• Anna Giulia Medri, Equator Prize, UNDP

• Celine Lim, Save Rivers (Malaysia)

• John Vincent Colili, NTFP-EP Asia and SNAKK (Philippines)

• Nolsita Siyan, Vice President, MKE-BICAMM (Philippines)

• Asami Segundo (tbc)IYFCC and Kalahan Educational Foundation (Philippines)

• Hla Doi, POINT (Tbc) (Myanmar

• Dazzle Labapis, NTFP-EP Asia

• Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda IAP (México), Equator Prize 2021

Language

SP - PT -FR

Organisation

CAOI

Description

Este panel busca identificar aspectos relevantes de la relación entre Pueblos Indígenas, Estados, empresas e inversores, como actores involucrados en los mercados de carbono, teniendo en cuenta que son los Pueblos Indígenas quienes están en la primera línea de protección y mantenimiento de la biodiversidad mundial. Lo anterior nos lleva a abordar los derechos reconocidos de los PI; el rol como administradores de la naturaleza; los impactos del mercado de carbono en Territorios para alejar las amenazas globales del cambio climático; las garantías de un mercado justo y sostenible que recoja el valioso papel que tienen los PI en el cuidado de la naturaleza y el planteamiento del beneficio de los flujos financieros de la naturaleza.

Los pueblos indígenas con modelos de gobierno y sistemas de conocimiento propios, autónomos, preexistentes a los sistemas actuales, han mantenido milenariamente el equilibrio de la naturaleza y el ambiente, desde lo visual hasta lo espiritual, utilizando y administrando los recursos de la naturaleza, logrando la protección de la mayor parte de la biodiversidad y los recursos naturales alrededor del globo terrestre.

Este es el escenario para que los pueblos indígenas con procesos de resistencia y de experiencia en el terreno, presenten la realidad de vida en sus regiones, cómo se perciben, cuáles son los efectos de estas propuestas en los territorios y culturas indígenas, cuál es el impacto de los proyectos REDD+, que perspectiva debe abortar la planificación de mercado de créditos de biodiversidad, cuál es la relación de los anteriores en el mercado de carbono y con los derechos fundamentales, cómo podrían los sistemas de conocimiento indígena aportar en la meta de alcanzar un equilibrio climático que beneficie a la toda humanidad, así como la necesidad de vincular a la población indígena en los escenarios decisorios en todos los niveles. Finalmente, generar recomendaciones y lograr la búsqueda de puntos de conexión con los asistentes.

Speakers

Darío Mejía: Presidente del Foro Permanente de Naciones Unidas para cuestiones de los Pueblos Indígenas.

Lena Estrada: Representante de Pueblos indígenas en el MGFC del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA).

Myrna Cunningham: Vicepresidenta del Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas América Latina y el Caribe (FILAC).

Amadeo Martínez: Presidente del Foro Indígena de Abya Yala (FIAY).

Moderador: Benito Calixto Guzmán: Coordinador General de Coordinadora Andina Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI).

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Memoria Indígena - IIIPCPG

Description

Desde épocas ancestrales nuestras abuelas resistieron e insurgieron la conquista, las colonialidades, el epistemicidio desde la sabiduría ancestral. Ellas a través del canto de lasabuelas, como Inanadili, fueron inspiradas para aprender a vivir en comunidad. La vida en los pueblos indígenas, se vive en narrativa y las abuelas en la cotidianidad al trabajar en el campo, al remar, coser, tejer, cargar la leña, cuidar a los niños y niñas; al trabajar en construir la nega(casa), estar atentas al ciclo de la Tierra entre otros, fueron moldeadas, y fortalecieron su cuerpo en todo los sentidos para vivir, enfrentar y resistir los sistemas del mal. La pregunta que planteamos es, ¿Cómo la memoria de las abuelas indígenas desde su ser han sido fortalecidas en la vida en comunidad, como cuerpo-territorio desde la sabiduría milenaria de las abuelas indígenas como legado a las nuevas generaciones de mujeres indígenas? Cada tejido que se narra en los pueblos en Abya Yala es una colección de saberes de nuestras memorias. Desde niña escuche, vi, toque, olí, los distintos relatos de mi pueblo. La primera voz que escuche fue la de mi mamá mientras estaba en el vientre Su canto se unía al de la madre tierra para enseñarme, enseñarnos que la vida en el pueblo guna se vive en armonía con Nagwaba( Madre Tierra). Este canto en la formación del bebé/a; es muy importante, porque así como el bebé/a, se alimenta y su cuerpo crece, también su espíritu se alimenta. Reconociendo la importancia del cuidado integral, la mujer gunadule se baña con plantas medicinales, toma medicina guna. Ella sabe que hay una conexión muy cercana con la Tierra, mientras el bebé o la bebé, se está gestando. Las memorias en los tejidos de los saberes ancestrales.Las mujeres indígenas en Abya Yala, a través del tejido han sido preservadoras de las identidades en sus pueblos. Por ejemplo la mujer gunadule a partir de la la mola (arte y forma de comunicación) muestra la cosmovivencia del pueblo guna, su relación con la tierra, a través de figuras, formas, símbolos que nos hilan el camino hacia una espiritualidad que viven desde el ser mujer y su mirada y encuentro con la comunidad y la tierra. La mochila serrana en Colombia, trasciende significados espirituales, simbólicos que los entrelaza con la cotidianidad y la feminidad, siendo un texto sagrado que presenta la memoria de la araña como la gran tejedora. Las danzas y pintura en el cuerpo de la mujer Emberá es arte y resistencia desde y con su corporalidad como guardiana de su pueblo. Estas son solo pequeñas muestras de lo plural, lo misterioso, lo profundo de los tejidos ancestrales de nuestros pueblos. Cuando se unen los hilos podemos ver puntos en común de los tejidos de nuestros pueblos, como son el sentido de fortaleza, gratitud y pertenencia hacia Nabgwana( Madre tierra), la resistencia desde el tejido como guardianas de las identidades, la reciprocidad al dar y recibir de generación en generación, la comunidad, al encontrarse con la y el otro, donde soy por quien es el otro y allí es este encuentro que podemos construir políticas basadas en una ética del buen vivir, hacia la tierra y los demás. Esta ética está fundamentada en mer atursae( no robes), mer gagansae( nomientas), mer gegued( no seas perezoso). Y cada una de estas normas éticas sustentadas por su relación con la comunidad y siendo parte la humanidad de la comunidad de la Tierra y el creador o creadora. Pero también hay puntos muy específicos de cada pueblo que desde su particularidad nos muestran una riqueza única, que al ser compartida con otros y pasar nuestras fronteras epistemológicas y ontológicas para encontrarnos y desde esta espacio dinámico, podamos construir nuevos relatos que promuevan una sociedad más diversa, plural, solidaria, justa como eje transversal en nuestras políticas de vida. Este tiempo tejerá entre relatos,experiencia y arte la sabiduría de nuestras abuelas y cómo las nuevas generaciones de indígenas hemos aprendido de ellas.

Speakers

Tarcila Rivera, Sara Omi, Jocabed Solano

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation-Australia

Description

The Indigenous panel discussion will specifically focus on the experiences and challenges faced by front-line communities in the Pacific regions. First Nation communities in the Pacific region are directly impacted by the immediate consequences of climate change, including rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and loss of traditional lands. In summary, the Indigenous panel discussion during COP28 will explore the assertion of rights by Indigenous communities in the Pacific region, with a focus on cross-cutting themes including technology and innovation, inclusion, from a rights-based approach. It will aim to address the unique challenges and experiences of Indigenous communities in Australia and the Pacific in the context of climate change. The IPO and Pacific presenters seek to consider the fundamental connection between Indigenous rights, climate justice, and biodiversity. By showcasing Indigenous-led initiatives that balance the preservation of ecosystems with the protection of human rights, the IPO and Pacific representatives hope to illustrate a holistic and equitable approach to climate action from Australia and our Brothers and Sisters from the Pacific region. Our panel discussion will underscore the urgency of addressing the disproportionate impact of climate change on Indigenous communities, emphasising the need for robust climate policies that respect rights and amplify voices. The Indigenous panel discussion will explore the resilience of these communities and the vital role as custodians of biodiversity, protecting the very ecosystems that sustain our communities. "Voices of Resistance" is a call to action, highlighting the relevance of Indigenous and First Nations perspectives in shaping global climate strategies. It will align with COP28's objectives by championing inclusivity, promoting Indigenous rights, and demonstrating the invaluable link between biodiversity conservation and sustainable futures.

Speakers

1. Erity Teave - Vice President of Rapa Nui;

2. Cressida Kuala - Papua New Guinea;

3. Sele Tagivuni - Fiji;

4. Mike Smith - Aotearoa; and

5. Cathy Eatock - Australia.

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Movilizatorio, Alianza Mesoamericana Pueblos y Bosques

Description

Comunidades indígenas y locales se unen para dialogar sobre la importancia de un enfoque centrado en las personas en la lucha contra el cambio climático. Exploraremos sus prácticas tradicionales de conservación, gestión y restauración en bosques, selvas, matorrales, manglares y océanos, resaltando la cosmovisión subyacente y el rol fundamental que tiene en la protección integral desde los bosques hasta los océanos.

Speakers

Sergio Guzmán, AMPB. Comunidades Forestales de Guatemala.

Sara Omí, AMPB. Indígena Emberá y defensora de Derechos Humanos de Panamá.

Pamela Mayorga Caro, ECMPO Isla Desertores y Costa de Chaitén de Chile.

Moderación: Juliana Cubides Sánchez, Movilizatorio

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil, Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative

Description

Research indicates that indigenous lands rank as some of the most well-preserved and securely protected areas worldwide. This underscores the fact that indigenous communities embrace a lifestyle that minimizes adverse impacts on forests and other delicate ecosystems, thereby playing a pivotal role in benefiting all of humanity. The territories they inhabit, coupled with the associated traditional knowledge, emerge as indispensable assets in the global effort to combat climate change. Despite their invaluable contributions to the planet, these communities find themselves inadequately represented in political decision-making arenas, with many still lacking the authority to manage their own territories. This panel aspires to confront this disparity, offering insights, pathways, and strategies to address the issue, drawing from Brazil's extensive experience in advancing the recognition of indigenous territories.

Speakers

1. Sônia Guajajara, Minister of State for Indigenous Peoples, Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Brazil.

2. Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and Environment Norway.

3. Braulina Baniwa, Coordinator, National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA/Brazil).

Language

EN - PT - SP

Organisation

Global Indigenous Youth Caucus

Description

On 16-20 October, 200 Indigenous youth from the 7 socio-cultural regions will gather in Rome to participate in the II session of the Biennial United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Forum.

This UN Forum results from a 2017 recommendation from UNDESA to FAO through the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which built upon FAO´s work with the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC) in 2017 and the Rome Declaration on Indigenous Youth. The Forum will provide a space of dialogue between Indigenous Youth and Countries, UN agencies, Universities, Research centres and other stakeholders to discuss policies affecting the future of Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems in the context of climate and biodiversity action.

The Forum will result in the issuance by the Indigenous Youth of a Declaration on Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems, providing specific policy recommendations to policy-makers, research centres and Indigenous youth in order to converge actions towards the preservation and the strengthening of Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems.

The side-event will bring the opportunity to present the outcomes of the Global Indigenous Youth Forum, and raise the voice of Indigenous Youth concerned about the future of their food and knowledge systems in the context of climate change, biodiversity loss and erosion of their knowledge systems

Speakers

Moderation: Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO

-Dario Mejia Montalvo, Chair, UNPFII.

- Mai Thin Yumon . Co-Chair GIYC

-Herb Nakimayak, Arramat project

-Atama Katama, Advisor of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC)

- Shimron Kmptoo Indigenous Youth representative for Africa, GIYC

- Jack Collard, Indigenous Youth attendee for the Pacific

- Gabriel Cuatin, Indigenous Youth Attendee for LAC.

-Sarah Hanson Indigenous Youth attendee for North America

- Alexis Manzano, Co-Chair GIYC.

- Jessica Vega Ortega, Advisors of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus (GIYC)

Language

EN - SP - FR

Organisation

International Funders for Indigenous Peoples

Description

The rights of Indigenous Peoples are critical to tackling the climate crisis and integral to achieving all the Paris Agreement’s goals. As rights holders, Indigenous Peoples hold internationally recognized and protected human rights as enshrined in the UNDRIP, including their right to self-determination and Free, Prior and Informed consent. Therefore, it is imperative that a rights-based approach is taken, where climate actions address Indigenous peoples specific social and economic vulnerabilities and create opportunities for them to pursue their own development priorities. These are dependent on strong mechanisms for consultation and participation, to ensure meaningful participation at all levels of decision-making, including national development plans and climate action but most importantly, respecting the rights of Indigenous peoples because most of the climate solutions are impacting their land, territories, seascapes and resources, and they protect approximately 80% of the world’s biodiversity, so if Indigenous Peoples rights are secured, they can better protect the environment.

Objectives :

The session seeks to highlight:

i. The role and strategies indigenous peoples have been and are using in stewarding and protecting their lands, territories and seascapes.

ii. Indigenous peoples’ meaningful participation in decision making spaces at the national, regional, and international level.

iii. Direct access to funding as an important resource and response to adaptation and to Indigenous Peoples Climate action.

Speakers

Moderator: Salote Soqo- USCC and IFIP Board Co-Chair

Speakers:

NAILSMA, Australia- Indigenous Land and Sea Management

COIAB, Brazil - Indigenous Peoples rights to land

NDN Collective, USA- Indigenous Peoples Rights to land

Oak Foundation- Ocean management

Open Society Foundations - Climate change

Language

EN - FR - SP

Organisation

Just Transition Alliance

Language

EN-SP

Organisation

FAO

Description

Considered some of the oldest and most sustainable on the planet, Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are intimately tied to nature and able to provide food and nutritional security while maintaining biodiversity and supporting climate resilience.

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are at the crossroads of several global policy discussions related to the mandate of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the UNFCCC, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB). Mainly based on food generation activities, and often with a strong component of mobile livelihoods, they offer new perspectives to consider food systems and its sustainability, meanwhile that they require specific attention for their preservation.

Since its official endorsement at COAG27 in 2020, the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems has provided significant evidence on the sustainability and resilience of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. In March 2023, the Global-Hub met in person and identified new key areas of work, such as the Indigenous Peoples’ biocentric restoration, the analysis of the impact of development and anti-poverty policies on Indigenous Peoples and their territories, as well as the role of collective rights in preserving biodiversity.

The side-event will offer a review of the recent evidence available that has been put forward by the Global-Hub, in favor of the preservation and the strengthening of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems worldwide.

Speakers

Moderation: Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO

Opening remarks

-Dario Mejia Montalvo, Chair, UNPFII (tbc).

-Mariam Wallet Aboubacrine, Arramat project (tbc)

-Ivan Ingram, Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Advisor (tbc)

Technical discussion: Major contributions of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in ongoing policy discussions

-Indigenous Peoples' biocentric restoration: concepts and applications, Francisco Rosado May, Mayan University of Quintana Roo (tbc)

-The impact of energy transition on Indigenous Peoples and their territories worldwide, Rodion Sulyandziga, Director of the Centre for the Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN)

-Indigenous Peoples’ food systems resilience and the one health approach, James Ford, University of Leeds (tbc)

- Current challenges on Indigenous Peoples' food systems in the Amazon and the importance of collective rights in the preservation of biodiversity, Gaia Amazonas (tbc)

Discussions

Way forward.

-Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO

Language

EN - SP

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

Organisation

Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB)

Description

Povos indígenas do mundo todo, principalmente os que habitam as florestas tropicais, participaram ativamente da elaboração das Salvaguardas de Cancun para o mecanismo REDD+, em 2010 na COP16. Mais de uma década depois vemos o avanço dos programas REDD+ em nível jurisdicional e nacional em diversos países, com alguns já tendo seu sistema de informação de salvaguardas estabelecido e recebendo recursos pelos resultados alcançados.

Para garantir que as salvaguardas em relação aos direitos dos povos indígenas estejam sendo realmente implementadas e respeitadas, grupos indígenas da Amazônia se organizaram para participar dos espaços de tomada de decisão e criar mecanismos próprios de monitoramento não apenas das salvaguardas mas também de indicadores de bem-estar e implementação de políticas relevantes para a gestão de seus territórios e manutenção de seus modos de vida.

Portanto, neste painel apresentaremos a estratégia de monitoramento participativo da Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB), como resposta à implementação dos programas jurisdicionais de REDD+ e implementação da Política Nacional de Gestão Ambiental e Territorial Indígena do Brasil. Em complemento, representantes das organizações indígenas dos estados da Amazônia brasileira apresentarão sobre a participação e construção das salvaguardas a nível subnacional, refletindo sobre o respeito aos direitos indígenas dentro dos programas de REDD+. Adicionalmente, aproveitaremos o painel para uma reflexão de como as salvaguardas estão sendo cumpridas e monitoradas em conjunto com os povos indígenas da Bacia Amazônia, nesta última década.

Speakers

Facilitador: Kari Guajajara e Vanessa Apurinã

Painelistas:

Auricelia Arapiun

Mariazinha Baré

Marcilene Guajajara

Marta Tipuici

Language

PT - EN - SP

Organisation

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

Description

In 2015, the Parties decided in Paris to create what eventually became the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP), which is operationalised by the Facilitative Working Group (FWG). This event will launch a report (English version and Spanish version) that reflects on the history of the LCIPP and the role of the FWG through the voices of key actors in the process. We will begin by analysing the main demands of Indigenous Peoples that led to the Parties' decision at the Paris COP. We will discuss how these expectations have been met by the LCIPP and its two first workplans (2019-2021 and 2021-2024). Emphasis will be placed on analysing how Indigenous Peoples' knowledge systems have been approached, and the extent to which this process has led to the recognition and participation of Indigenous Peoples in climate policy and action, including the repercussions at national and local levels. At the same time, we will discuss the main barriers Indigenous Peoples continue to face in the UNFCCC and how global climate governance can be transformed to foster a meaningful partnership between Indigenous Peoples and States.

Speakers

Gun-Britt Retter, Sámi People. Saami Council. Arctic Indigenous representative and vice co-chair Facilitative Working Group.

Daria Egereva, Selkup People. Center for Cultural Heritage of Indigenous People of the North. Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia Indigenous representative Facilitative Working Group.

Graeme Reed, Anishinaabe. Assembly of First Nations (AFN). North America Indigenous representative Facilitative Working Group

Elvira Gutierrez. Former Facilitative Working Group member, UN Regional Group Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC)

Rosario Carmona (moderator)

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Indigenous Climate Action

Description

To meaningfully confront climate change, it is crucial that policies and solutions target the persistent drivers and underlying causes of the crisis. These efforts should prioritize amplifying the voices, addressing the needs, and recognizing the leadership of those most affected by the crisis. Join this panel featuring a diverse group of Indigenous climate leaders who will delve into the concept of decolonizing climate policy and share their perspectives on its significance. Additionally, we are excited to announce that we are launching the first 2 chapters of Phase 2 of Indigenous Climate Action's Decolonizing Climate Policy project. Discover how this initiative contributes to fostering Indigenous-led climate solutions.

Speakers

Eriel Deranger (Executive Director, Indigenous Climate Action), Britney Supernault (Metis-Cree, Youth Knowledge Holder - NA), Callie Davies-Flett, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Regulatory Advisor), Skw'akw'as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore (VIDEA, Indigenous Climate & Policy Advisor)

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

Colectivos de Jóvenes Amazónicos - Ecuador

Description

La acción climática necesita el sustento de las nuevas generaciones. Por esta razón, los jóvenes indígenas amazónicos del Ecuador hemos asumido el rol de voceros locales, regionales y globales. En nuestra primera sección, tendremos un panel para compartir nuestras experiencias sobre cómo proponemos integrar las perspectivas de jovenes indigenas y los pueblos a los que representamos en acciones reales para mitigar el cambio climático. Será un diálogo entre jóvenes para mostrar el arduo camino y los desafíos a los que todavía nos estamos enfrentando. Adicionalmente, tendremos una sección de preguntas y respuestas; finalizando con una presentación artística.

Speakers

Helena Gualinga, Alexis Joel Grefa, Majo Andrade, Leo Cerda

Language

SP - EN

Organisation

Métis National Council

Description

As one of the three National Indigenous Organizations of Canada, the Métis National Council has been tireless in its efforts to actualize climate adaptation and mitigation solutions that are equitable, inclusive and effective. The Métis cultural identity is profoundly linked to stewardship of the land and our connection with the land. Climate change does not only impact our food security, health, safety and livelihoods but it directly impacts how we connect with our communities, culture and history. Despite the impacts of climate change, Métis identity, culture and communities hold climate solutions that can provide climate solutions domestically and abroad.

This panel will include representation from across the Métis Homelandto discuss how climate impacts different communities and identities throughout the diverse Métis Nation. Panelists will discuss the historical and contemporary Métis stewardship of the lands, skies, waters, and animals of the Métis Homeland. Our panel of experts will discuss programs that bring community, research, and climate action together to monitor and adapt at home, in community and abroad.

We invite you to join us as our panelists share how our culture of adaptation, stewardship, collaboration and sustainability is creating and actualizing Indigenous climate leadership.

This panel will include representation from across the Métis Homelandto discuss how climate change impacts differ throughout the Métis Nation and reflect on the solutions to address these impacts. Panelists will discuss the historical and contemporary Métis stewardship of the lands, skies, waters and animals of the Métis Motherland. Our panel of experts will discuss programs that bring community, research and climate action together to monitor, mitigate and adapt at home, in community and abroad.

Topics of discussion include:

Braiding Métis Knowledge/Science into climate policies

Métis culture and environmental stewardship

Community climate monitoring

Adaptation and mitigation actions

Métis Future Leaders perspectives - the voices of our youth

Speakers

Dane de Souza (Moderator)

Jennifer Pylypiw (Panelist)

Leona Shaw (Panelist)

Cole Chretien (Panelist)

Jordyn Playne (Panelist)

Kate Gillis

(Panelist)

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

York University

Description

We will be presenting the outcomes of the research project entitled "Indigenous Climate Leadership and Self-Determined Futures". The purpose of this project is to generate an understanding of, and build supports for, Indigenous climate leadership by uplifting the voices of Indigenous women, youth, elders, and knowledge keepers. By applying Indigenous research methods, including knowledge-sharing and a strengths-based approach, we seek to focus on issues using a gendered lens, revitalizing Indigenous knowledges and languages, and one health. In this presentation, we will focus on the stories and voices that came out of our nine interviews with Indigenous Climate Leaders at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. We will discuss the participation of Indigenous peoples at COP27. We will discuss structural and individual challenges of participating in the UNFCCC venue, while highlighting the climate leadership of Indigenous peoples at COP and in their home territories, and have hopeful discussions on the self-determination. We will end with some recommendations on ways to better support Indigenous participation at the UNFCCC. Our report back on key findings will be led by the voices and words and stories of Indigenous peoples who participated in our project.

Speakers

Angele Alook, Lydia Johnson, and Graeme Reed.

Language

EN - SP

Organisation

COIAB

FENAMAD

Speakers

Juan Carlos Jintiach (Ecuador, GATC)

Edward (Tanzania, ANAPAC)

Dinamam Tuxá (Brasil, APIB)

Marleine Saira (Congo Brazzaville - REPALEAC)

Facilitator: Vanessa Apurinã

Speakers:

Auricelia Arapiun (Cita)

Mariazinha Baré (Apiam)

Marcilene Guajajara (Coapima)

Demétrio Tiriyó (Apoianp)

Language

PT - SP - EN

Organisation

Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, Indigenous Peoples

Rights International, Movilizatorio

Description

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are the protectors of nature, biodiversity and cultural heritage. Beyond the preservation of land, they are protectors of life. Yet, they are often subjected to threats, attacks and systemic violations of their human and land rights. Indigenous peoples and local communities suffer from disproportionate violence, representing 36 % of the land defenders killed worldwide even though they are only 5% of the world’s population. For years, the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities has demanded an end to the violence and unjust criminalization faced by these communities while safeguarding their territories. On the other hand, IPRI has worked to research and document cases of violence all over the world and offer a way out. In order to understand and unmask a global crisis, it is necessary to identify and display the local and regional cases. In Africa, Indigenous Peoples and local communities are being harmed, abused and forcefully displaced in the name of conservation. In Latin America, illegal arrests in the context of peaceful protests and violence by armed groups are usual. In Asia, leaders are being criminalized and charged with fake charges while extractive industries impose violence against them. This panel will be an opportunity to showcase some of these cases and to continue to advocate for the rights of human and nature rights defenders from indigenous and local communities, especially those facing criminalization and violence as a result of conservation and climate action.

Speakers

Juan Carlos Jintiach (Ecuador, GATC)

Edward (Tanzania, ANAPAC)

Dinamam Tuxá (Brasil, APIB)

Marleine Saira (Congo Brazzaville - REPALEAC)

Language

EN - PT - FR

Organisation

Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO)

Description

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4th -6th September 2023. Co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the African Union Commission (AUC), the Africa Climate Summit focused on unlocking climate investments in energy, agriculture, water, and infrastructure. Two days prior to the Africa Climate Summit, Africa Indigenous Peoples held a pre-summit to reflect and strategize on how to effectively engage with the Summit to ensure that they are recognized as a critical and distinct constituency and interest group, with specific concerns, priorities and contributions to make to the green transition in Africa. Of the outcomes of both the Africa Climate Summit and the Africa Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit was the Nairobi Declaration and the Africa Indigenous Peoples Declaration respectively. There is therefore need for Indigenous Peoples to look critically into the Nairobi Declaration vis a vis the Indigenous Peoples Declaration and come up with an action plan that would see how the critical elements that concern IPs as noted in the two outcome documents are followed up to ensure implementation and bridge of gap between the two documents.

Speakers

Anne Samante

Dr. Handaine Mohamed

Balkissou Bouba

Malih Ole Kaunga

Language

FR - SP