Organisation d'accueil

Survie culturelle

Plan

Subtitle: From Lithium Mining to Railway Corridors: Indigenous Peoples Contest the Costs of the Clean Energy Transition Proposed organizer: Cultural Survival, in collaboration with A’uwẽ-Xavante Oraganizations and leaders and Indigenous Community organizations from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil. Subtitle: From Lithium Mining to Railway Corridors: Indigenous Peoples Contest the Costs of the Clean Energy Transition Proposed organizer: Cultural Survival, in collaboration with A’uwẽ-Xavante leaders and Indigenous and traditional community organizations from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil. Location: Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion, COP31, Antalya, Türkiye Proposed format: Indigenous-led panel discussion and interactive policy dialogue Duration: 60 minutes (flexible) COP31 thematic alignment: Green Industrialization: International Coordination; Transparency and Monitoring; Policy Dialogue Clean Energy Transition Climate Action Implementation Event description As COP31 accelerates the implementation of green industrialization and the clean energy transition, Indigenous Peoples are raising a fundamental question: Can industrial transformation be considered green when it advances through Indigenous territories without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent? This Indigenous-led dialogue examines the contradictions between climate ambition, industrial expansion, and Indigenous Peoples’ territorial and cultural rights through two cases from Brazil. The first concerns the A’uwẽ-Xavante Peoples of the Cerrado, whose territories, sacred sites, waters, and cultural continuity are threatened by the Ferrovia de Integração do Centro-Oeste (FICO), a major railway promoted as lower-carbon transport infrastructure. Their international campaign, Let the A’uwẽ-Xavante Keep Dreaming, asserts that dreaming is not simply a metaphor for the future, but a fundamental dimension of cultural and spiritual existence connected to territorial integrity.Subtitle: From Lithium Mining to Railway Corridors: Indigenous Peoples Contest the Costs of the Clean Energy Transition Proposed organizer: Cultural Survival, in collaboration with A’uwẽ-Xavante leaders and Indigenous and traditional community organizations from the Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil. Location: Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion, COP31, Antalya, Türkiye Proposed format: Indigenous-led panel discussion and interactive policy dialogue Duration: 60 minutes (flexible) COP31 thematic alignment: Green Industrialization: International Coordination; Transparency and Monitoring; Policy Dialogue Clean Energy Transition Climate Action Implementation Event description As COP31 accelerates the implementation of green industrialization and the clean energy transition, Indigenous Peoples are raising a fundamental question: Can industrial transformation be considered green when it advances through Indigenous territories without their Free, Prior and Informed Consent? This Indigenous-led dialogue examines the contradictions between climate ambition, industrial expansion, and Indigenous Peoples’ territorial and cultural rights through two cases from Brazil. The first concerns the A’uwẽ-Xavante Peoples of the Cerrado, whose territories, sacred sites, waters, and cultural continuity are threatened by the Ferrovia de Integração do Centro-Oeste (FICO), a major railway promoted as lower-carbon transport infrastructure. Their international campaign, Let the A’uwẽ-Xavante Keep Dreaming, asserts that dreaming is not simply a metaphor for the future, but a fundamental dimension of cultural and spiritual existence connected to territorial integrity. The second examines lithium extraction in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, where Indigenous, Quilombola, and traditional communities face threats to water security, livelihoods, and territorial rights amid the expansion of mineral extraction for global electrification. Together, these cases reveal how low-carbon infrastructure and energy-transition mineral extraction can reproduce historical patterns of dispossession and unequal development. The dialogue will challenge the assumption that reducing carbon emissions alone makes industrialization sustainable. It will ask how Indigenous governance, meaningful consent, cumulative impact assessment, and protection of cultural and ecological integrity can become enforceable conditions of climate implementation. By placing Indigenous knowledge and self-determination at the center of the discussion, the event seeks to redefine a just transition not merely in terms of industrial efficiency or economic growth, but through the protection of territories, living cultures, and the right of future generations to determine their own futures. Objectives Challenge dominant narratives of green industrialization by highlighting its territorial, ecological, and cultural impacts on Indigenous Peoples. Amplify Indigenous-led resistance and alternatives through experiences from the A’uwẽ-Xavante territories and the Jequitinhonha Valley. Advance concrete policy safeguards for Free, Prior and Informed Consent, independent cumulative impact assessments, water security, cultural integrity, and accountable climate finance. Influence COP31 implementation discussions by positioning Indigenous territorial rights as fundamental conditions for legitimate industrial and energy transformation. Core message A faster energy transition cannot mean faster dispossession. Indigenous Peoples are not obstacles to climate action; their rights, territories, and knowledge are essential to a just and sustainable future. Let them keep dreaming. Let their territories live.

Intervenants

Hiparadi TopTiro (WARA) : plaidoyer en faveur des Xavante ; Alicia Moncada (Aywu) : affaires juridiques et plaidoyer ; Newiwe Xavante (Xavante) : politiques climatiques pour la jeunesse ; Djalma Ramalho (Arana Caboclo) : communication et politiques climatiques pour la jeunesse ; Edson Krenak (Krenak) : plaidoyer international et politiques climatiques (modérateur)

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