Host Organisation

Coalition: Focus for Indigenous Girls (FIG) - Nepal Young Women Initiatives (YouWIn) - Philippines Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica CIASE - Colombia Land is Life - Global MADRE - Global Lawyers Without Borders Canada - Colombia office Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Outline

As implementation frameworks for Article 6 move forward, carbon offsetting and "green extractivism" increasingly threaten Indigenous Peoples’ rights, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and communal land tenure across the Global South. Market-based conservation projects frequently result in forced displacement, land grabbing, and increased risks of gender based violence that may trigger severe legal consequences—including corporate civil/criminal liability and scrutiny under international criminal law frameworks. This panel brings together frontline Indigenous women defenders, international legal experts, and feminist advocates to examine how carbon market mechanisms exacerbate structural inequalities. It places special emphasis on Indigenous, rural, and peasant women, who carry a disproportionate burden of territorial loss while remaining at the forefront of non-market, community-led climate solutions.

Speakers

Sabnam Lama - Founder President at Focus for Indigenous Girls (FIG)

Jade P. Leung - Project Manager and the co-founder of Young Women Initiatives (YouWIn)

Rosa Emilia Salamanca González - Director at Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica CIASE

Luisa Fernanda Castañeda Quintana - Executive Director at Land is Life

Laura Baron-Mendoza - Senior Environmental Justice & International Law at MADRE

Stelsie Angers - Country Director for Colombia at Lawyers Without Borders Canada

Languages

EN SP