The position of Indigenous Peoples in relation to the Cover Decision of COP27, which is in the hands of the COP Presidency.
Calling Egypt to:
- Build upon the progress made
- Refer to the eleventh preambular paragraph of the Paris Agreement
- Include a new preambular paragraph drafted by Indigenous Peoples
8th Meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG)
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
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.
Indigenous Peoples Preparatory Caucus Meeting - Nov 30 (1-5pm) and Dec 1 (9-6:30pm) at the HOTEL MADRID CHAMARTIN
[español sigue]
Aanii Indigenous relatives,
Please find attached the draft Agenda for the upcoming Preparatory Caucus Meeting on November 30 (1-5pm) and Dec 1 (9-6:30pm). All Indigenous Peoples and their organizations are invited to attend. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Madrid Chamartin (Calle Mauricio Ravel, 10, 28046 Madrid, Spain). The direction from IFEMA to the hotel are attached.
We also remind everyone that the Call for Sessions for the Indigenous Pavilion is still open at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaxda6DnLz4XXByN6g7xXgn3bvRWZVW4PiQleQfcclaBEHjw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3CncmczLlkdDkKI0MrKqBsPUjTwRmK32aYMuCiuzA_GMaK5_Ie_6rlrBU. Please submit your proposals by latest November 27. In preparation for this space, if there is any decoration or flags that you would like to bring to decorate the space, please do so.
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Favor de encontrar adjunta la Agenda para la próxima Junta de la Asamblea Preparatoria en Noviembre 30 (1-5pm) y Diciembre 1 (9-6:30pm) Todas los Pueblos Indígenas y sus organizaciones son invitados a asistir. La junta tendrá lugar en el Hotel Madrid Chamartin (Calle Mauricio Ravel, 10, 28046 Madrid, Spain). La dirección del IFEMA al hotel donde la junta tendra lugar esta adjunta.
También les recordamos que la Convocatoria para Sesiones en el Pabellón Indígena siguen abiertas aqui: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaxda6DnLz4XXByN6g7xXgn3bvRWZVW4PiQleQfcclaBEHjw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3CncmczLlkdDkKI0MrKqBsPUjTwRmK32aYMuCiuzA_GMaK5_Ie_6rlrBU
Favor de mandar sus propuestas a mas tardar Noviembre 27. En preparación para este espacio, si tienen algunas decoraciones o banderas que quisieran contribuir para decorar el espacio, por favor no duden en traerlo.
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With warm regards,
IIPFCC Co-Chairs and Focal Points
Documents / Documentos
IFEMA to TRYP Madrid Chamartin
25th session of the COP will take place from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain
Dear family and friends of the LCIPP,
I hope this message finds you well.
It is now confirmed that the 25th session of the COP will take place from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
Per COP24 decision, FWG meetings will take place in conjunction with the sessions of the subsidiary bodies and the session of the COP.
I am writing to let you know that the 2nd meeting of the FWG will also take place in Madrid. For more information about FWG2, please visit here.
Best,
Chad – on behalf of the LCIPP team.
Chad Tudenggongbu
Associate Programme Officer, Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Risks Subprogramme
Adaptation Programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
United Nations
Climate Change Secretariat
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone +49 228 815 1527
ctudenggongbu@unfccc.int
<http://unfccc.int>
LCIPP: Update on FWG1 and thematic workshop in June
Dear Friends of the LCIPP
We are pleased to confirm that the first meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG) will take place on 14-16 June, and it will be held at a venue in Bonn. More information about the venue/registration will be made available on the webpage as it becomes available. The meeting will be open to observers. A separate registration (from the SB registration) will be undertaken for the FWG meeting.
In addition, the mandated LCIPP in-session thematic workshop is planned for for 19 June (the date will be confirmed soon when the SBSTA overview schedule is published), more information, including about which room it will be held in, will be made available on the website soon. Further LCIPP activities are also being organized, we will continue to keep you informed.
Nominations to the FWG: nominations are still pending for 3 Party representatives (from Eastern Europe, WEOG and the LDCs). Nominations for 5 alternates are also pending (from Eastern Europe, WEOG, LDCs, SIDS and Asia Pacific). Here is the list of membership.
Wishing you all a good day,
Kind regards,
Tiffany
Tiffany Hodgson
Programme Officer
Science and Review Sub-Programme,
Adaptation Programme
An open web-based dialogue, 2 April, on the development of a dedicated LCIPP web portal
Dear friends of the LCIPP,
Please join us for an open web-based dialogue on the development of a Dedicated Web Portal for the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) on next Tuesday, 02 April, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The Conference of Parties, at its twenty-fourth session, requested that “the secretariat, with the support of the Facilitative Working Group, to make the work of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform widely accessible, including through the development of a dedicated web portal on the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform on the UNFCCC website” (decision 2/CP.24, para 21).
OBJECTIVE:
The online dialogue aims to provide a space for all stakeholders of the LCIPP to provide their views as well as best practices and lessons learned to enable the web portal to effectively and efficiently support the implementation of the LCIPP’s functions. The dialogue will serve as a basis for the concept phase, some guiding questions are attached. Further discussions will take place on the sidelines of the upcoming SB session in Bonn, Germany, and at the first FWG meeting.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
You can register for the respective sessions via the links below:09:00-10:30 CET (English)11:00-12:30 CET (French)13:00-14:30 CET (Spanish)16:00-17:30 CET (English)Please don’t hesitate to forward this on to other interested stakeholders.
For further information, please the webpage (here >>>). If you are unable to join a dialogue, please feel free to email your ideas/suggestions to me, Tiffany Hodgson (thodgson@unfccc.int).
For technical questions related to the WebEx Dialogue, please contact Chad Tudenggongbu (ctudenggongbu@unfccc.int) and David Oehmen (DOehmen@unfccc.int).
Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you.
Chad – on behalf of the LCIPP team.
- How-to-guide for using WebEx
- Guiding questions for Web based dialogue
COP 24 IN KATOWICE CONCLUDES WITH HISTORIC VICTORY AND SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT TO HALT CLIMATE CHANGE
"Despite this power imbalance within the UNFCCC (and, by and large, the entire UN system), the over 100 Indigenous delegates representing all regions of the world stood united to insist on formal participation in this process that impacts us so directly and to ensure that our rights and traditional knowledge are respected in national and global efforts to combat climate change."
Source: Cultural Survival
Read full article: Click here
Report of the multi-stakeholder workshop: Implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
The first activity of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) was a multi-stakeholder workshop, which took place on 1 May, 2018. The workshop focused on implementing the three functions of the Platform: knowledge, capacity for engagement, and climate change policies and actions. During this day-long multi-stakeholder workshop, a group of more than one hundred participants convened and converged on the need to collaborate and commit to enabling the full operationalization of the Platform and the implementation of its functions.
To review and download the full LCIPP Workshop Summary Report, click here.
The Summary Report was prepared by the UNFCCC Secretariat under the guidance of the co-moderators of the workshop, Mr. Paul Watkinson (Chair of SBSTA) and Mr. Roberto Múkaro Borrero of the Taíno people (International Indian Treaty Council). It is intended for information; to capture, as well as possible, the rich exchanges that took place during the workshop; and to provide a written record of the proceedings.
LCIPP Workshop Co-Moderators Paul Watkinson (middle) and Roberto Múkaro Borrero (at right)
Regional workshop on Action for Climate Empowerment for Europe and the Mediterranean Region
Dear all,
Greetings! The regional workshop on Action for Climate Empowerment for Europe and the Mediterranean Region is happening from 2-4 October 2018 in La Spezia, Italy. The deadline for the Constituency Focal Points to submit the signed registration form(s) is 24 September 2018. Therefore, it would be great if you can submit your filled in registration form to me by or before 20 September: nuri@aippnet.org
We encourage our sisters and brothers from Europe and Mediterranean region to participate in the event. IPOs are given two slots for this meeting. So it would be great to have one man and woman. Please take note that there is no funding available from the UNFCCC secretariat. So interested people should be able raise funds to participate in the event.
Please the download the registration form HERE.
Download Observers Notification here: “Regional Workshop on Action for Climate Empowerment for Europe and the Mediterranean region”
The notification will be posted on the notification page of the UNFCCC website.
Thank you very much.
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With Warm Regards,
Lakpa Nuri Sherpa
Environment Programme Coordinator
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
112 Moo 1 Tamboon Sanpranate Amphur Sansai, Chiang Mai 50210, Thailand
Tel: +66 53 343 539
Fax: +66 53343 540
Deadline for COP24 Registration
Please note the deadline to register for COP24 has been extended to September 24th, 2018. Once registrations have been allocated, the deadline for participant confirmation is 26 November 2018.
Online training course on Gender and the Environment
The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is pleased to inform on the recent launch of a new open source introductory online training course on Gender and the Environment, which includes a module on climate change.
The training course was developed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Gender Partnership and theUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with the generous support of the GEF Small Grants Programme.
The e-course is accessible at UN CC:e-learn’s platform and is open to the public without charge and is intended to be self-paced.
Co-Chairs Note Upon Conclusion of the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2018
Respectful greetings,
We transmit herewith a note in our capacity as Co-Chairs of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus, convened under the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) during the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2018, which included the forty-eighth sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI48) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA48) as well as the fifth part of the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA 1-5).
In accordance with the collective view of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus expressed during its preparatory meeting on April 29 2018 at the Evangelischer Kirchenkreis in Bonn, the Co-Chairs have prioritized the negotiations to further operationalize the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples (LCIP) platform in the coordination and deliberations of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus during the 2018 Bonn Climate Change Conference.
As a variety of proposals have been made by Parties and the IIPFCC during the negotiations and, in order to ensure that the document which will be finalized during the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of Parties (COP24) reflects the views of Indigenous Peoples, and to safeguard the ownership of the document by Parties and Indigenous Peoples, we, as Co-Chairs, have worked to provide a note on the current status of said platform and the dangers involved in some of the proposals made by Parties.
We highly value the importance of open, transparent and inclusive consultations between Indigenous Peoples and Parties, and encourage all interested Indigenous Peoples, Parties and other stakeholders to raise any ideas and concerns with us. Should any organization, Party or groups of Parties wish to consult with the IIPFCC through its Co-Chairs, please contact the Indigenous Peoples focal point to the UNFCCC Secretariat (Mr. Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, email: nuri@aippnet.org).
We are committed to engage further in a constructive dialogue on this important subject before and during COP24.
Please accept, the assurances of our highest consideration.
Juan Carlos Jintiach, Ghazali Ohorella,
Co-Chairs Indigenous Peoples Caucus
Download Co-Chairs Note [ PDF]
Photos of Indigenous Peoples Caucus at SBSTA 48, May 2018
Photos of various members of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus and the IIPFCC - Global Steering Committee throughout SBSTA 48 by Rafael Ponte/SERVINDI can be viewed at the following website address: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140678303@N03/albums/with/72157696079895244
IIPFCC Closing Statement will be made today, 10 March 2018
Frank Ettawageshik of the National Congress of American Indians will give the closing statement of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change at the UNFCCC Climate Talks Plenary Session. The session begins at 3 PM Bonn time. He will speak about 2 hours after the start. Bonn, Germany is six hours ahead of EDT in the US. The webcast link can be found here:
https://unfccc-sb48.cloud.streamworld.de/webcast/sbsta-closing-plenary-2
UN Climate Change Launches First-Ever Annual Report
UN Climate Change News, 30 April 2018 – UN Climate Change today launched its first-ever Annual Report, laying out the key 2017 achievements and pointing to the future of the climate change process.
"Climate Change is the single biggest threat to life, security and prosperity on Earth," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa. “This annual report shows how UN Climate Change is doing everything it can to support, encourage and build on the global response to climate change.”
The report covers many areas of the 2017 work of UN Climate Change, which includes the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement, as well as their bodies, institutional arrangements, organs and the secretariat.
For example, at the UN Climate Change conference (COP23) presided over by Fiji last November, almost 30,000 people from all levels came together in Bonn, Germany, to drive action on climate change. The conference saw financial commitments amounting to almost USD 1 billion to tackle climate change.
Governments took key decisions, among them launching the Talanoa Dialogue, the first-ever Gender Action Plan, a platform for indigenous peoples and local communities, and an agreement on agriculture.
Throughout 2017, UN Climate Change continued to deliver on its core tasks: supporting the intergovernmental process, bringing transparency to climate commitments, supporting Parties in building resilience and adapting to climate change, facilitating the mobilization of finance and diffusion of technology, and fostering cooperation with non-Party stakeholders to realize the Paris Agreement’s potential.
The report also looks at the outlook for the year ahead, including increasing the number of ratifications of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol so it can enter into force, the Talanoa Dialogue which will inform and inspire Parties as they increase their commitments, and adopting the outcomes of the work programme of the Paris Agreement at the end of 2018.
“Throughout 2018 and beyond, let us do all in our power, together, to accelerate action,” said Ms. Espinosa. “Only by doing so can we succeed in protecting our planet from climate change and securing a low-carbon, sustainable future.”
Countries are now gathered in Bonn focused on critical interim work leading to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, including preparation of the Paris Agreement Work Programme, which will guide implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Read the full UN Climate Change Annual Report 2017.
Agenda for the multi-stakeholder workshop on implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Please find below the agenda for the multi-stakeholder workshop on implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform. The co-moderators for the workshop are Paul Watkinson, Chair of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Roberto Múkaro Borrero (Taíno), representative of indigenous peoples organizations
You can find the event details here.
If you are participating remotely, you are welcome you to tune in via Skype here. You can also submit your questions by visit here, and keying in the event code #LCIPP (in capital letters).
We also welcome you to interact with us via social media using the event hashtag #LCIPP.
Please us know if you have any technical questions via the email address: LCIPP@unfccc.int
Agenda for the multi-stakeholder workshop on implementing the functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, 1 May 2018
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At COP 23, Parties initiated the operationalization of the local communities and indigenous peoples platform.
IP Caucus Opening Statement of IIPFCC to APA/SBI/SBSTA, 30 April 2018
Daily Indigenous Peoples Caucus Meetings in Bonn, 30 April - 10 May 2018
Daily meetings for the Indigenous Peoples Caucus will be held from 9:00-10:00 at the World Conference Center in Bonn. On April 30th, the meeting will be Room BANGKOK. From May 1st-10th, the meetings will be held in the AH Upper Conference Room.
In-session workshop on Gender and Climate Change
In-session workshop on Gender and Climate Change - Part 1: Differentiated impacts of climate change and gender-responsive climate policy and action
Time: 11:00 - 19:00
Room: AH Upper Conference room
Venue: UN Campus, ‘Altes Abgeordnetenhochhaus’ (AH), Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
City: Bonn Country: Germany
Background: COP 22, in decision 21/CP.22 on gender and climate change, as part of its decision to continue and enhance the Lima work programme on gender, decided to hold annual in-session workshops in conjunction with the first sessional periods of the subsidiary bodies in 2018 and 2019. COP 23, in decision 3/CP.23 decided that the topic for the 2018 in-session workshop on gender and climate change would be based on the submission request under priority area E.1 of the gender action plan. Priority area E focuses on monitoring and reporting, with an emphasis on sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis.
Schedule: The workshop will be held in two parts:
Part I: Including sex-disaggregated and gender analysis, examine the differentiated impacts of climate change on women and men, with special attention paid to local communities and indigenous peoples, as well as the integration of gender considerations into climate adaptation, mitigation, capacity-building, Action for Climate Empowerment, technology and finance policies, plans and actions.
Part II: Policies, plans and progress in enhancing gender balance in national delegations
Objectives:
To raise awareness on the differentiated impacts of climate change, including how to identify such differences and address them in policy and action design and implementation;
To build the capacity of participants to understand the tools and mechanisms that facilitate the design and implementation of gender-responsive climate policy and action;
To raise awareness on possible options for enhancing gender balance in national climate delegations;
To provide an opportunity for Party delegates and observers to brainstorm on possible options.
Outcome: A summary report for each part of the workshop that captures challenges and good practices related to the topics, will be prepared and published as an INF document and will be made available on the UNFCCC website after the close of SBI 48.
Format: The in-session workshop will combine expert and technical presentations, group discussions and panel presentations with sufficient time for substantive, interactive discussions on how to enhance implementation under the Lima work programme on gender and its gender action plan.
Participants: Open to Parties and observers registered for SBI 48. Also open to the press.
Venue: World Conference Center (rooms to be confirmed), Bonn, Germany
Gender and climate change workshop annotated programme (will be available prior to SBI 48)
Organizer and contact:
The workshop is being organized by the UNFCCC secretariat
Fleur Newman (Ms)
Gender Affairs Officer
Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
gender-team@unfccc.int
Language: English
Mandated event
Source: UNFCCC