IPs caucus meeting and Pavilion at COP22

Greetings Sisters and Brothers,

We hope and believe that you are zipping up your bags and beginning your travels to Marrakesh, Morocco

We would like to update you all on the following:

• The Global IPs caucus will takes place on 6 November at the Meridien Hotel, Avenue Mohammed VI from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM. 
• The official opening of indigenous peoples and local communities pavilion will be on 8 November from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM at Green Zone.
• IPs Caucus daily meeting will take place from 9.00 AM-10.00 AM at room Arabian at Blue zone

We look forward to impacting the Climate Change processes and implementation of the Paris Agreement

COP 22 Info Brief

COP 22 Info Brief: Useful websites and links

As we look forward to hosting your participation in COP 22 ( Marrakesh 7-18, Nov 2016, we wish to link you to some useful resources and websites for respective information.

Official COP 22 website is http://www.cop22.ma/ Please interact and note the following very informative sections:

• Useful information about Morocco: here
• Traveling to the Kingdom of Morocco: here
• Map of the COP Space: below

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Further, the following websites offer an overview of the respective Schedule of Negotiations and Side events in both Zones:

• Blue Zone side events:  here... *Accreditation needed
• Green Zone side events ( Civil Society Space): here

The Indigenous Peoples' and Communities' Pavilion will be located inside the Civil Societies Space (Green Zone). We will provide additional information on getting there.

North American Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Consultations Report Available

The International Indian Council (IITC) published a North American Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Consultations Report in March 2016. The report highlights a diverse range of input toward COP21 from Indigenous Peoples of North America including a summary of North American Indigenous Peoples activities leading up to and during the Paris Climate Summit. The results of a Climate Change Questionnaire developed by IITC and focusing on key issues, impacts and solutions for mitigation and adaptation including the role of Indigenous Peoples' traditional knowledge and practices. The questionnaire was distributed during the North American consultations and online in English and Spanish via various web sites and list serves. Exceeding the initial goal of two hundred, the IITC collected and complied two hundred and thirteen completed questionnaires including fifteen collected online.  

As a result of input received from elected and traditional leaders as well as representative organizations, responses were reported to represent the voices of approximately 318,000 North American Indigenous individuals. Respondents represented a diverse sample  of  Indigenous Peoples’ representatives including Tribal Leaders (elected and traditional), elders,  youth,  educators, rights advocates, community organizers, food producers, cultural/spiritual leaders, and professionals. The respondents represented voices from diverse geographical areas across North America and eco and food systems which included coastal/islands, forests, deserts, mountains, Arctic/sub arctic, plains, agricultural areas, rivers and river deltas, lakes, wetlands and highlands.        

North American Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Consultations Report Available Here

Calling all Indigenous Peoples, community-based organizations and grassroots groups!​​​​

The next UN Climate Conference (UNFCCC COP 22), taking place in November 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, is being called the “COP of Action.” Now that the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is entering into force, world leaders are coming together to decide how to put this new global climate framework to work on the ground.

Here is where you come in! We invite you to make your voice heard at COP 22!

Research shows us that indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ solutions to climate change are some of the most innovative, most sustainable, and most effective.

Show the world that indigenous peoples and local community voices matter in climate action!

Your message will be incorporated into an interactive touch-screen world map that will be displayed at the “Indigenous Peoples' and Communities' Pavilion: Traditional Knowledge for Climate Action” during the entire duration of the COP 22 climate negotiations, from 7-18 November 2016. This Pavilion is a platform for indigenous peoples and local communities to have their traditional knowledge and solutions to climate change heard by government representatives, the media, partners and the global public.

Please share (in 100 words or less) your solution for climate action!