The 8th Meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG 7) will take place from 1-4 November 2022 at Zone D Meeting Room 5 of COP 27 venue in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. See the agenda for more details: Click here.
For further information contact the LCIPP team via lcipp@unfccc.int
Facilitative Working Group on the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples
Don't miss the last day of the 6th meeting of the Facilitative Working Group on the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform tomorrow!
✅ Date: Saturday, October 30, 2021
✅ Time: 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM UTC
✅ Live transmission: https://bit.ly/3pHO6yo
✅ More information: https://bit.ly/3Ckiken
✅ Languages: English, Spanish, French, Russian
Information to participants of the sixth meeting of the facilitative working group from 28 to 30 October 2021
In preparation for the event that will take place in Glasgow, we would like to provide you with the following general information:
Date and venue: From 28 to 30 October at the Side Event room 1, Room Loch Lomond _ located at the Armadillo – Clyde Auditorium.
FWG6 webpage: You will find the agenda with related documents and additional information for the meeting.
Interpretation: French, Spanish and Russian will be provided.
Connectivity for virtual participation, guidelines below:
Access to this meeting is restricted to invited users. Participants to receive an invitation soon.
All delegates interested in joining remotely MUST have completed the Virtual ID check OR have acquired a COP26 badge at the venue in Glasgow. To find and join their meetings they will need to login to the COP26 platform https://cop26platform.unfccc.int.
The meeting will be published in the COP26 platform schedule. Delegates who are invited will be able to Join the meeting directly from this schedule.
Delegates will be able to request the floor and once given the floor they can unmute and address the meeting. We encourage participants to review the provided training material before joining the meeting. Training materials can be found on the COP26 platform.
Badging for in-person participation: You need to collect your FWG6 badge at the registration counter first thing before you are allowed to access the venue.
Below is also some important information regarding your travels and entry to the United Kingdom. Additionally, attached is document produced by the UK COP Presidency that outlines guidance on how to plan your journey to UNFCCC COP26 for those who are joining physically in-person.
Covid-19 testing pre and post arrival:
Pre departure: All participants at COP26 must be able to provide evidence of a negative Covid-19 test taken in the 72 hours before departing to the UK. You may be asked to show this before boarding the service departing to the UK.
Passenger locator form:
All arrivals to the UK, including those attending COP26 must complete a passenger locator form up to 48 hours before they arrive in the UK. You can find the passenger locator form via this link here.
Draft 3yr Workplan of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform...
Purposes of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform “To strengthen the knowledge, technologies, practices and efforts of local communities and indigenous peoples related to addressing and responding to climate change, to facilitate the exchange of experience and the sharing of best practices and lessons learned related to mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated manner and to enhance the engagement of local communities and indigenous peoples in the UNFCCC process”
Context and background
The Facilitative Working Group (FWG) of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) presents the draft two-year work plan of the Platform. The FWG developed this workplan in accordance with the Paris Agreement, in decision 1/CP.21, to take collective action “to mobilize stronger and more ambitious climate action by all,” including Indigenous peoples and local communities. The Facilitative Working Group recognizes the significance of the decision made by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-first session to establish “a platform for the exchange of experiences and sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated manner” for indigenous peoples, local communities and Parties. It also noted decision 2/CP.23 and decision 2/CP.24 in its development of the proposed workplan.
See full FWG workplan as of :25 June 2019 here: https://www.iitc.org/wp-content/uploads/FWG-1-workplan-v25June-v1805hrs-CLEAN.pdf?fbclid=IwAR02eUznUtAIf0kSSI1a-T_biVWfq21GCJsmeJ73DzyUX4-KJz65ZtHA7Wo
First Meeting of the FWG of the LCIPP in Bonn, Germany, 14-16 June 2019
This weekend is the First meeting of the Facilitative Working group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples´ Platform (LCIPP) under the UNFCCC. The Platform was created to operationalize and facilitate the implementation of the Platforms 3 functions related to knowledge, capacity for engagement, and climate change policies and actions.
Courtesy of The Saami Council
Agreement on LCIPP Operationalizing Text
Indigenous Peoples and States negotiators celebrate their agreement on the final text for the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform at UNFCCC COP 24 in Katowice Poland on December 7, 2018
LCIPP Workshop Photos from IISB/ENB
IISD/ENB shared the website where you'll find the group photo at the end of the dialogue and some others during the LCIPP workshop. Scroll down page to May 1, 2018 at http://enb.iisd.org/climate/sb48/
Frank Ettawageshik, National Congress of American Indians, opens the session with a prayer