The Indigenous Peoples Pavilion is located in the Blue Zone of the COP26 Glasgow campus. To attend in person, you must have UNFCCC accreditation to the Blue Zone. Events at the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion will take place in Events Hall D. There is level entry to the Pavilion from the main floor. Inside the pavilion, seating is available and is spaced to maintain physical distancing for COVID-19 safety.
Most Pavilion events for the duration of COP26 will be live-streamed to facilitate participation from around the world.
Please check event details ahead of time to ensure your session will be live-streamed and to view interpretation options. We encourage registering and joining events via Zoom where possible to access interpretation and audience engagement functions.
You can watch the live broadcast, click here.
Pavilions operation hours: Monday, 1 November to Friday, 12 November: 08:00 – 22:00 hrs
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.
REMINDER: Proposals for Indigenous Pavilion Due October 15th
Kia ora relatives,
Please be reminded that proposals for events at the COP26 Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion are due tomorrow, Friday 15th October per the following communication circulated by the co-chairs on September 28th.
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We are very excited to launch the Call for Proposals for the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion at COP 26. The deadline to complete your application is October 15, 2021 here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgepRlZVTnFYGwT4IA4RPTID7XW5zzYJNCc7ejNVwEX5gE5w/viewform?usp=sf_link. A committee of regional representatives will review the applications. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing your events!
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Nous sommes très heureux de lancer l'appel à propositions pour le Pavillon des Peuples Autochtones à la COP 26. La date limite pour remplir votre demande est le 15 octobre 2021 ici : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgepRlZVTnFYGwT4IA4RPTID7XW5zzYJNCc7ejNVwEX5gE5w/viewform?usp=sf_link. Un comité composé de représentants régionaux examinera les candidatures. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des questions ou des préoccupations. Nous sommes impatients de voir vos événements !
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Estamos muy contentos de lanzar la Convocatoria de Propuestas para el Pabellón de los Pueblos Indígenas en la COP 26. La fecha límite para completar su solicitud es el 15 de octubre de 2021 aquí: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgepRlZVTnFYGwT4IA4RPTID7XW5zzYJNCc7ejNVwEX5gE5w/viewform?usp=sf_link. Un comité de representantes regionales revisará las solicitudes. Por favor, no dude en ponerse en contacto con nosotros si tiene alguna pregunta o inquietud. Esperamos ver sus eventos.
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Мы очень рады объявить конкурс предложений для павильона коренных народов на КС 26. Крайний срок подачи заявки - 15 октября 2021 года здесь: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgepRlZVTnFYGwT4IA4RPTID7XW5zzYJNCc7ejNVwEX5gE5w/viewform?usp=sf_link. Комитет региональных представителей рассмотрит заявки. Пожалуйста, не стесняйтесь обращаться, если у вас возникнут вопросы или проблемы. Мы с нетерпением ждем ваших мероприятий!
The passing of our dear colleague Estebancio Castro-Diaz
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Estebancio Castro-Diaz, Kuna
On behalf of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), it is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of our dear friend, brother, colleague, and mentor Estebancio Castro-Diaz.
Estebancio is a Kuna leader who has been involved in the international movement for climate justice and rights of Indigenous Peoples for decades. He played an essential role as Focal Point of the Indigenous Peoples Constituency (the Caucus) as well as a member of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (‘The Platform’), representing the Latin America and the Caribbean UN Indigenous socio-cultural region. Put simply, indigenous participation within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) would not be as successful without Estebancio having participated for so long. This has been recognized by the Executive Secretary, the Chair of the SBSTA, and all Constituency groups.
This legacy is difficult to meaningfully articulate in words. Over the last week, hundreds of stories and memories of Estebancio have been shared over email and video calls. Many remember him as an exceptionally skilled diplomat who not only took his responsibilities to advocate for Indigenous Peoples around the globe to heart, but also developed a unique style that included humility, dedication, and laughter. He was steadfast in his commitment to protecting Mother Earth, highlighted by his dedication into the late hours of the night and the final hours of these large conferences. But no matter the seriousness of the situation, he is remembered to have always brought good humour, a cheeky smile, and deep empathy.
Many old and new members of the IIPFCC, and the broader international Indigenous movement, credit Estebancio’s generous teaching with the skills, knowledge, and diplomacy required to continue the legacy of making space for Indigenous Peoples and Nations in state-led processes. He was welcoming to all Indigenous Peoples entering the space, but took extra care in supporting the participation of Indigenous Youth - many who credit their understanding of these complex processes to him and his willingness to answer questions, listen, and direct with a gentle hand.
A core part of this work for Indigenous Peoples is being a good ancestor to those future generations. As Estebancio makes his journey to being an ancestor, we honour, from all seven regions, his extensive legacy for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. We are privileged to carry his spirit with us always.
We send our love and care to Estebancio’s family and Kuna Yala in this time of grief and loss.
Rest in power, dear brother Estebancio.
The Last Goodbye
Receiving news of a brothers passing
Feeling them in the morning light
next to a fresh fire
Snowflakes, perfect stars shining down on me.
Feeding the fire
Saying thank you brother - for all the laughter you gave.
For all that you shared, for your spirit and endurance.
For all those years you paved a way for us to continue on.
The fire running through the day.
Oh, how you will be missed!
By Jannie Staffansson
PRESS RELEASE: Indigenous Peoples' Caucus Express their Disappointment with Failed COP25 Negotiations
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lindsey Bacigal
Phone: +1 613-875-3267
Email: lindsbacigal@gmail.com
Date: December 20, 2019
Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus Expresses their Disappointment with Failed COP 25 Negotiations
Madrid, Spain - December 16 - The Conference of the Parties 25 (COP25) concluded late Sunday afternoon and resulted in a complete lack of progress. Despite an extra 48 hours of negotiations and discussions, States failed to come to agreement on key issues, pushing many important decisions to next year’s meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.
COP25 was intended to take crucial steps in operationalizing the Paris Agreement, with deliberations primarily focused on the development of rules for carbon markets (Article 6), loss and damage, and increasing ambition to curb emissions. At the beginning of the session there was hope that States would feel compelled to respond to frightening new scientific findings and the explosion of public concern in 2019. In the end, they were unable to live up to the most meager expectations of even pretending to listen to non-governmental constituencies.
Kera Sherwood O’Regan, a Kāi Tahu Māori woman with fibromyalgia, delivered the closing statement for Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPO). To do so, she waited 12 hours in what was essentially a poorly heated warehouse, to deliver a two-minute statement (attached), written collectively by Indigenous Peoples on the frontlines of climate change. Instead, the COP presidency nearly closed the plenary without hearing from the recognized constituencies, telling them to upload their statements via the website portal, instead of allowing them to be read into the record. Tired of the constant erasure of Indigenous voices, Ms. Sherwood O’Regan had to shout down the COP President for “Two minutes, give us our two minutes!”, mid-plenary to prevent the proposed omission of closing statements.
Many Indigenous representatives were heavily focused on negotiations surrounding Article 6, the final piece of the Paris Rulebook which deals with carbon markets. Article 6’s content and focus has been widely critiqued as enabling States to launder carbon without making any real emissions reductions, weakening emissions ambitions, instead of accelerating them according to what our crisis warrants. Furthermore, those potential areas for proposed Article 6 projects are often found on the lands and territories of Indigenous Peoples, directly impacting the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
“At a time when we need serious climate action, it is unacceptable that States continue to fail in upholding existing obligations towards these rights enshrined in other agreements,” said Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus member, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.
Indigenous Peoples are best placed to provide solutions and progress, having experienced environmental change and structural oppression for millennia. Mainstream media is calling COP a failure because of the lack of agreement on Article 6. This is a dangerous oversimplification because it would have been worse for frontline communities if the states passed an agreement that did not respect human rights or the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Peoples will continue to work against barriers to raise the stakes for a more ambitious Paris pledge at COP26 in 2020, which will take place in Glasgow, Scotland.
ABOUT IIPFCC
Indigenous Peoples organized themselves in the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) in 2008. The IIPFCC, also known as the Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus, helps coordinate Indigenous Peoples attending the UNFCCC to discuss priorities, negotiate items and hold side events in a culturally safe space. The forum aims to unify and amplify the voices of Indigenous Peoples while maintaining that individual organizations at the subnational, national and global levels have their own agendas, priorities and proposals to advance at the UNFCCC.
CLOSING STATEMENT TRANSCRIPT
ENGLISH
[Traditional pepeha and acknowledgement of genealogy in te reo Māori.]
… E mihi ana ki a koutou.
My name is Kera Sherwood-O’Regan, and I am a proudly disabled Kāi Tahu woman from Aotearoa, New Zealand.
When I introduce myself in this way, I connect to my family, my ancestors, my river, and our chiefly ancestral mountain Aoraki who stands amongst his brothers as the tallest peak in the Southern Alps. He is currently melting due to your inaction.
As Indigenous Peoples, we come here every year, often on our own dime to advocate for our people and our lands because it is what must be done.
We are constantly forced to fight for our rights to be included.
While we acknowledge the importance of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples’ Platform Workplan being adopted at this session, we can’t help but feel the irony of your refusal to include human rights and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Article 6, when we know that market approaches have already directly harmed our communities.
Our knowledge cannot be upheld if our rights are not upheld.
You treat negotiations like a zero sum game, where you make deals behind closed doors, trading off our rights for the profits of those who caused this very problem in the first place.
But you forget that we cannot negotiate with nature!
Since the colonial project began, we have been overcoming an apocalypse on our lands. This has embedded patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, white supremacy, and systemic oppressions within both national and international mechanisms.
Yet you continue to sideline those who have real solutions for all communities.
When you silence us, you deny yourselves learning from our ways.
We are experts on the climate, and the kaitiaki- stewards of nature.
We know the legitimacy of our voice and it’s about time that you recognize it too.
Hear our stories, learn our histories, stop taking up space with your false solutions and get out of our way. Because we are here with real solutions and we are united with all people, People with Disabilities and other structurally oppressed communities, in our vision for transformative change.
People Power is Climate Justice!
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA
Contacto: Lindsey Bacigal
Teléfono: +1 613-875-3267
Correo electrónico: lindsbacigal@gmail.com
Fecha: 18 de diciembre de 2019
El Cónclave de los Pueblos Indígenas expresa su decepción por el fracaso de las negociaciones de la COP 25
Madrid, España - 16 de diciembre - La Conferencia de las Partes 25 (COP25) concluyó el domingo por la tarde y resultó en una completa falta de progreso. A pesar de 48 horas adicionales de negociaciones y debates, los Estados no lograron llegar a un acuerdo sobre cuestiones clave, lo que lleva a trasladar muchas decisiones importantes a la reunión del próximo año en Glasgow, Escocia.
El objetivo de la COP25 era dar pasos cruciales en la puesta en práctica del Acuerdo de París, y las deliberaciones se centraron principalmente, en la elaboración de normas para los mercados de carbono (artículo 6), las pérdidas y los daños, y el aumento de las ambiciones para reducir las emisiones. Al principio de la sesión había esperanzas de que los Estados se sintieran obligados a responder a los aterradores nuevos descubrimientos científicos y a la explosión de la preocupación pública que tuvo el tema durante el 2019. Al final, fueron incapaces de cumplir con las expectativas más escasas de fingir que estaban escuchando a los grupos no gubernamentales.
Kera Sherwood O'Regan, una mujer con fibromialgia de Kāi Tahu Māori, pronunció la declaración de clausura de las Organizaciones de Pueblos Indígenas (OPI). Para hacerlo, esperó 12 horas en lo que era esencialmente un almacén con mala calefacción, para hacer una declaración de dos minutos (adjunta), la cual fue escrita colectivamente por los Pueblos Indígenas quienes se encuentran en la primera línea de impacto del cambio climático. En cambio, la presidencia de la COP estuvo a punto de cerrar el plenario sin escuchar a las circunscripciones reconocidas, diciéndoles que subieran sus declaraciones a través del portal del sitio web, en lugar de permitir que se leyeran y quedarán registradas en las actas. Cansada de la constante supresión de las voces indígenas, la Sra. Sherwood O'Regan tuvo que gritar a la Presidencia de la COP: "¡Dos minutos, danos nuestros dos minutos!
Muchos representantes indígenas se centraron en gran medida en las negociaciones sobre el Artículo 6, la última parte del Libro de Reglas de París que trata de los mercados de carbono. El contenido y el enfoque del Artículo 6 han sido ampliamente criticados por permitir a los Estados lavar el carbono sin hacer ninguna reducción real de emisiones, debilitando las ambiciones de emisiones, en lugar de acelerarlas según lo que nuestra crisis requiere. Además, las áreas potenciales para los proyectos del Artículo 6 propuestos se encuentran a menudo en las tierras y territorios de los Pueblos Indígenas, lo que tiene un impacto directo en los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas.
"En un momento en que necesitamos una acción seria sobre el clima, es inaceptable que los Estados sigan incumpliendo las obligaciones existentes en relación con estos derechos consagrados en otros acuerdos", dijo Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, miembro del Cónclave de los Pueblos Indígenas.
Los pueblos indígenas son los mejor situados para proporcionar soluciones y progresos, ya que han experimentado cambios ambientales y opresión estructural durante milenios. Los medios de comunicación principales están llamando a la COP un fracaso debido a la falta de acuerdo sobre el Artículo 6. Se trata de una simplificación excesiva y peligrosa porque habría sido peor para las comunidades de primera línea si los Estados aprobarían un acuerdo que no respetara los derechos humanos o los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Los Pueblos Indígenas continuarán trabajando contra las barreras para aumentar la apuesta por un compromiso más ambicioso de París en la COP26 en 2020, que tendrá lugar en Glasgow, Escocia.
SOBRE IIPFCC
Los Pueblos Indígenas se organizaron en el Foro Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre el Cambio Climático (FIPICC) en 2008. El FIPICC, también conocido como el Cónclave de los Pueblos Indígenas, ayuda a coordinar a los Pueblos Indígenas que asisten a la CMNUCC para discutir prioridades, negociar temas y celebrar eventos paralelos en un espacio culturalmente seguro. El foro tiene como objetivo unificar y amplificar las voces de los Pueblos Indígenas, manteniendo al mismo tiempo que las organizaciones individuales a nivel subnacional, nacional y mundial tienen sus propias agendas, prioridades y propuestas para avanzar en la CMNUCC.
TRANSCRIPCIÓN DE LA DECLARACIÓN DE CLAUSURA
Pepeha tradicional y reconocimiento de genealogía en te reo Māori.
... E mihi ana ki a koutou.
Mi nombre es Kera Sherwood-O'Regan, y soy una mujer Tahu orgullosamente discapacitada Kāi de Aotearoa, Nueva Zelanda.
Cuando me presento de esta manera, me conecto con mi familia, mis antepasados, mi río y nuestra montaña ancestral Aoraki, que se erige entre sus hermanos como el pico más alto de los Alpes sureños. Actualmente se está derritiendo debido a tu inacción.
Como Pueblos Indígenas, venimos aquí cada año, a menudo con nuestro propio dinero para abogar por nuestros pueblos y nuestras tierras porque es lo que hay que hacer.
Constantemente nos vemos obligados a luchar por la inclusión de nuestros derechos.
Aunque reconocemos la importancia de que el Plan de Trabajo de la Plataforma de Comunidades Locales y Pueblos Indígenas fue adoptado en esta sesión, no podemos dejar de sentir la ironía de su negativa a incluir los derechos humanos y los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en el Artículo 6, cuando sabemos que los enfoques de mercado ya han perjudicado directamente a nuestras comunidades.
Nuestro conocimiento no se puede mantener si no se respetan nuestros derechos.
Ustedes tratan las negociaciones como un juego de suma cero, en el que hacen tratos a puerta cerrada, intercambiando nuestros derechos por los beneficios de aquellos que causaron este problema en primer lugar.
¡Pero olvidas que no podemos negociar con la naturaleza!
Desde que comenzó el proyecto colonial, hemos estado superando un apocalipsis en nuestras tierras. Esto ha arraigado el patriarcado, la homofobia, la transfobia, el ableísmo, la supremacía blanca y las opresiones sistémicas dentro de los mecanismos nacionales e internacionales.
Sin embargo, siguen dejando de lado a los que tienen soluciones reales para todas las comunidades.
Cuando nos silencian, se niegan a aprender de nuestros caminos.
Somos expertos en el clima, y los kaitiakis - cuidadores de la naturaleza.
Conocemos la legitimidad de nuestra voz y ya es hora de que ustedes también la reconozcan.
Escuchen nuestras historias, aprendan nuestras historias, dejen de ocupar espacio con sus falsas soluciones y salgan de nuestro camino. Porque estamos aquí con soluciones reales y estamos unidos con todas las personas, personas con discapacidades y otras comunidades estructuralmente oprimidas, en nuestra visión de un cambio transformador.
¡El Poder del Pueblo es Justicia Climática!
PRESS RELEASE: Parties Adopt Two-year Work Plan of the Facilitative Working Group of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform at COP 25
Adoption will commence work in building pathways and conducting activities to promote Indigenous participation in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Madrid, Spain - December 10, 2019 - Indigenous Peoples around the world lift up the efforts of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG), in particular the Indigenous members, and welcome the full-adoption of the two-year Work Plan of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (the Platform). In recognition of the need to advance perspectives, knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples in relation to climate action. Indigenous Peoples, in partnership with friendly States, developed this initial Work Plan to take diverse, essential steps to ensure Indigenous Peoples’ participation in the UNFCCC.
“Given the recent UNEP report, which warns that without drastic action our planet is headed to warming of 3.2 degrees by 2100 this is an important step forward,” said Dalee Sambo Dorough, FWG member from Arctic region. “For Inuit and Sami, ice and snow covered Arctic homelands are already undergoing dramatic change and melting. The FWG Work Plan can assist us in our collective ambition and efforts to bring forward our distinct contribution to curb and ultimately end the devastating impacts that humans are having upon our planet.”
The FWG is the first constituted body within the UNFCCC context that has equal representation between States and Indigenous Peoples. After their first meeting in June, the FWG forwarded a draft Work Plan for consideration at SBSTA 51. In recognition of the historic adoption of the Work Plan, Pasang Sherpa, Indigenous Representative from Asia and co-chair of the Facilitative Working Group stated “ we are very happy that Parties committed to maintaining the spirit of collaboration in the preparation of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform's Work Plan. In the process, we have drawn on both the expertise of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG) members and those Indigenous experts who participated in both the FWG Meeting 1 and 2.”
This work plan reflects a substantive agenda to address much-needed climate action. Andrea Carmen, North America Representative to the FWG stated that, “this Work Plan is an important milestone to gain effective support for understanding Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge systems, traditional food systems, and ecosystems so that our ways of life can be protected.. Drawing on input from Indigenous participation, our work plan provides a rights-based approach to the protection of our ways of knowing and living that will provide the foundation for our ability to adapt and sustain Indigenous Peoples communities as we face the climate crisis.”
The work plan outlines 12 different activities to be operationalised by the Platform. The first thematic focus will be on Food and Water Sovereignty which will guide regional gatherings, hosted amongst the seven socio-cultural regions of the United Nations. These activities aim to spread awareness amongst Indigenous Peoples’, communities and nations about the LCIPP. It also aims to support participation in the development of protections, and best practices regarding ethical co-production of Indigenous knowledge.
The adoption of the work plan is only the first step in enabling and amplifying greater sharing and Indigeous Peoples’ engagement in climate solutions within the UNFCCC and nationally.
The draft conclusions can be found here, and the full Work Plan can be found in the Annex here.
Contact: Janene Yazzie
Phone: +1 (917) 636-2392
Email: janeney@treatycouncil.org
Date: December 10, 2019
ENDS.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Indigenous Peoples Call on States to #FixArticle6
WHAT: Press Conference
WHEN: Saturday 7th December 2019, 1pm
WHERE: Mocha Press Conference Room, Zone 4 IFEMA
WHO: International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change
December 7, 2019 - Madrid, Spain: While State governments continue the 4-year negotiation on Article 6, Indigenous Peoples from around the world remind negotiators that the lives of Indigenous Peoples are at-risk, and urge the inclusion of human rights language, including a specific reference to the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Indigenous speakers from around the world will join a press conference to share their stories and encourage negotiators to include the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and specifically protect collective rights that are crucial to the customary governance and traditional life-ways of Indigenous Peoples.
Indigenous Peoples are and have always been leaders in climate justice. In order to continue this crucial work, for the sake of not only the lives of Indigenous Peoples, but of all life on earth, Article 6 must ensure safeguards for the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The rights of Indigenous Peoples must be included in the Article 6 conversation: “When we come here today to fight against the exclusion of our people’s recognition, our people’s power, our people’s right to self-governance in Article 6, we are saying that we matter, because it is our communities that are leading the fight.” - Ruth Miller (Athabascan Indigenous Youth, SustainUS)
Inclusion of Indigenous Rights in Article 6 is the minimum requirement of a just COP25.
CONTACT:
Kera Sherwood-O'Regan
+64210410932
Please note that a comprehensive Press Kit, including headshots and bios is available upon request.
SPEAKERS:
TUNGA RAI ( REPRESENTING ASIAN REGION)
My name is Tunga Rai. I belong to the Rai Indigenous Peoples of Nepal. I am the National Coordinator of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN), representing Indigenous Peoples of Nepal COP25 in Madrid,
At COP 25, and other UN bodies, I communicate the Indigenous values that my parents and grand-parents instilled in me when I was very young. These values, including the stories of our Ancestors, inspires me to combine my Indigenous values ,with my academic training in anthropology, to both advocate for Indigenous Peoples to claim their rights back home and also in the UNFCCC.
Photo Credit: David Tong
NAKIA RANDLE (REPRESENTING PACIFIC REGION)
(Ngati Kahu, Aotearoa New Zealand)
Te Ara Whatu
Email: nakiarandle@gmail.com
Telefono Móvil | Téléphone Mobile | Mobile Number:
Whatsapp: +64 27 328 5417
Instagram: @nakiarandle
EN: Nakia is from the far north of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
She is a graduate in environmental law and is attending COP with the Te Ara Whatu delegation of indigenous youth from the Pacific.
Photo Credit: Nicole Semitara Hunt
ERIEL DERANGER ( REPRESENTING NORTH AMERICAN REGION)
(Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation)
Indigenous Climate Action
Email: eriel@indigenousclimateaction.com
Telefono Móvil | Téléphone Mobile | Mobile Number: +1 7807775104
Whatsapp: +1 7807775104
Twitter: @ErielTD
Photo Credit: Nicole Semitara Hunt
EN: Eriel Tchekwie Deranger is a Dënesųłiné woman (ts'ékui), member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and mother of two, coming from a family of Indigenous rights advocates fighting for the recognition, sovereignty and autonomy of their Indigenous lands and territory in what is now known as Treaty 8, Canada.
Deranger is the Executive Director and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) - an Indigenous-led climate justice organization working to empower communities and inspire Indigenous-led climate solutions. ICA develops educational multi-media and contemporary climate change resources for Indigenous communities, amplifies our stories and supports indigenous rights to sovereignty and self-determination.
Prior to ICA, Deranger worked with her First Nation to build out one of the largest inter-sectional keep it in the ground campaigns: The international Indigenous Tar Sands campaign - challenging the expansion of Alberta’s Tar Sands. As part of her role she brought international recognition to issues in her territory with celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Darren Aronofsky, Neil Young, Daryl Hannah, James Cameron and many others, drawing attention across the globe.
Deranger has written for the Guardian, Yellowhead Institute, The National Observer, Red Pepper Magazine, been featured in documentary films including Elemental (2012), interviewed for national and international media outlets including Democracy Now!, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), and CBC.
Beyond this work Deranger is recognized for her role in creating the Global UN Indigenous Youth Caucus; participating in the UN Indigenous Forum on Climate Change; lobbying government officials in Canada, the US, the UK and the EU; developing the Tar Sands Healing Walk; spring boarding one of the first Indigenous rights-based divest movements; and working to develop and lead mass mobilizations highlighting the mass inequity of the impacts the fossil fuel industry and climate change on the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Eriel sits on the board of WWF Canada, Bioneers and the UK Tar Sands Network with a focus on building intersectional dialogue between Indigenous rights and other social justice movements nationally and internationally.
Kimaren ole Riamit ( REPRESENTING AFRICAN REGION)
Kimaeren Ole Riamit is an Indigenous peoples’ leader from the Pastoralists Maasai Community in southern Kenya. His is the Founder-Director of Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA) a non-for-profit community based Indigenous Peoples organization advocating for indigenous peoples rights across levels.
Kimaren has extensive exposure and experience in engaging with and influencing international processes and mechanism of interests to Indigenous peoples, in which he has represented the global indigenous Peoples’ movement in various capacities.
Kimaren is a holder of a Master of Arts degree in Development Anthropology, a Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management, and a BSc. degree in Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics. He has served as a researcher and field instructor for international Field study programs undertaken in East Africa by two international University.
Ole Riamit is interested in the Anthropology of Development, human rights including indigenous peoples’ rights, and governance. Specifically, how property, rights to land and natural resources, decision making-arrangement interact to safeguard or impede rights to basic indigenous peoples’ survival.
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Indigenous Peoples Preparatory Caucus Meeting - Nov 30 (1-5pm) and Dec 1 (9-6:30pm) at the HOTEL MADRID CHAMARTIN
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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
This open Call for Proposals invites Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous organizations, and supportive organizations
*English below
El foro Internacional de Pueblos Indigenas sobre Cambio Climático esta ahora aceptando propuestas para eventos y exhibiciones a realizarse en el Pabellón de los Pueblos Indigenas durante la COP25 en Madrid, España. La ubicación exacta en la zona verde/azul será confirmada en los próximos días.
Esta convocatoria abierta de Propuestas invita a los Pueblos Indigenas, Organizaciones Indigenas y organizaciones de apoyo para que apliquen propuestas para eventos que quisieran auspiciar en el Pabellón hasta el 27 de Noviembre, 2019 a más tardar.
Por favor llene su aplicación en el Formato de Google (https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScaxda6DnLz4XXByN…/viewform) y si tiene alguna pregunta contacte electrónicamente a Graeme (greed@afn.ca), Juan Carlos (juancarlos.jintiach@gmail.com), Lhakpa (nuri@aippnet.org) and Estebancio (castroestebancio@gmail.com).
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The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change is now accepting proposals for events and exhibits to be held at the Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion during COP25 in Madrid, Spain. The exact location in the Green/Blue Zone will be confirmed in the coming days.
This open Call for Proposals invites Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous organizations, and supportive organizations to make submissions of the events that they would like to host at the Pavilion by November 27, 2019 at the latest.
Please submit your application on the following Google Form (https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScaxda6DnLz4XXByN…/viewform) and if you have any questions, contact Graeme (greed@afn.ca), Juan Carlos (juancarlos.jintiach@gmail.com), Lhakpa (nuri@aippnet.org) and Estebancio (castroestebancio@gmail.com).
Looking forward to seeing you all in Madrid!
With Warm Regards,
Co-Chairs and Focal Points of the IIPFCC
Graeme (greed@afn.ca), Juan Carlos (juancarlos.jintiach@gmail.com), Lhakpa (nuri@aippnet.org) and Estebancio (castroestebancio@gmail.com).
About our engagement at COP25
Warmest Greetings to our Indigenous Caucus Members!
We hope this message finds you well!
It has been a crazy couple of weeks transitioning from Santiago to Madrid. We lift up all the Indigenous Peoples fighting against the Government and will continue to make space and prioritize their voice at COP 25.
As such, we would like to share some dates for everyone to start planning for COP 25:
November 28-30: 2nd Meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (Location TBC). More information can be found here: https://unfccc.int/LCIPP. Registration for this event has closed. Any questions should be directed to LCIPP@unfccc.int
December 3 (13H30 - 15H00): Informal Dialogue Between Representatives of constituted bodies on the three functions of the LCIPP.
December 4 (18H30 - 20H00): FWG-AC-LEG-NWP joint event on local and indigenous adaptation
November 30 (afternoon 1- 5pm) - December 1 (9-5pm): Indigenous Caucus Preparatory Meeting. Location and agenda is being confirmed and will be circulated as soon as possible.
December 2- 14: Daily Caucus Meetings (9-10 am), Location TBC in the Blue Zone
If there are additional events that you are participating in, please add to this thread.
In addition, we are currently finalizing details for the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion (location and dates to be confirmed), but it will likely be a very fast turn around. In the coming days, we will release a formal Call for Proposals, inviting Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous organizations, and supportive organizations to make submissions of the events that they would like to host at the Pavilion. Please take some time to prepare any proposed sessions that you may have as we will have to finalize by November 27, 2019.
Thanks,
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With Warm Regards,
Co-Chairs and Focal Points of the IIPFCC
Sent by Lakpa Nuri <nuri@aippnet.org>
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>
Indigenous Peoples attend Pre-COP25 in Costa Rica 8-10 October 2019
Photo by Hindou Ibrahim
Hindou Ibrahim and Daria Egereva in Costa Rica attending Indigenous Caucus meeting at PreCOP25
World Indigenous Peoples Present Climate Action Commitments at UNSG Climate Action Summit
23 September 2019, New York City, NY - The International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) met in New York City at the United Nations before the UNSG Climate Action Summit to finalize the Indigenous Peoples commitments on climate action. Mr. Tuntiak Katan from the Shuar people of Ecuador will present a brief statement today inside the UNSG Climate Action Summit on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples outlining our three commitments to 1) Lead the implementation of holistic plans to protect biocultural diversity, ensuring the inclusion of our most marginalized; 2) Develop actions to secure indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources, self-determination and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC); 3) Access the development of renewable energies in accordance with our self-determination and FPIC.
See full statement here: https://www.iitc.org/wp-content/uploads/World-Indigenous-Peoples-Climate-Action-Commitments-Press-Release.pdf?fbclid=IwAR26SzlEa4k7Yk_Q60zI6ZKyaw6pA4qlWLpnMWyneOEOAVWPcTSXiUOCaGM
Mr. Tuntiak Katan from the Shuar people of Ecuador presents a statement inside the UNSG Climate Action Summit on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples
FAO Expert Seminar on Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples Fisheries in the Arctic Region
FAO Expert Seminar on Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples Fisheries in the Arctic Region
September 23 - 35, 2019, Rome, Italy
Draft agenda: http://bit.ly/2kVnta0
Webcast: http://bit.ly/2m7ay4Y
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
Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge and the new UN BBNJ Treaty
The high seas hold some of the greatest reservoirs of biodiversity, covering two-thirds of the world’s oceans
Only 1% is protected.
Indigenous Peoples and our Traditional Knowledge can be instrumental in addressing climate change, and protecting biodiversity in the high seas for generations to come. That's why our voices are essential in the new United Nations BBNJ Treaty 🌏
👉🏽 Join our Talanoa this Monday and find out how.
Speakers include; Salaseini Tagicakibau; Roberto Mukaro Borrero; Tina Ngata The Non-Plastic Māori; Ghazali Ohorella; and Clement Yow Mulalap. Participants are encouraged to also share their thoughts and ideas in the talanoa.
SIDE EVENT DETAILS:
"Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge and the new UN BBNJ Treaty".
Monday 22nd April, 14:00 - 15:30
Amartya Sen Room
Level 10, UNDP FF building
304 East 45th Street,
New York
UN SG Summit: Invitation to Civil Society to collaborate on Nature-Based Solutions
Dear colleagues and friends,
The UN Climate Action Summit, being convened by UN Secretary-General on 23 September 2019 provides an opportunity for redefining people’s relationship with nature. ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ can offer a crucial response to climate change and sustainable development at the scale and pace that is needed: to make this transformation possible, the necessary actions must be clearly identified, along with robust implementation systems and finance on an unprecedented scale. The Summit provides an opportunity is for all of us from government, finance, business, civil society and international organizations to contribute to collective efforts that will tip the balance – reversing climate change, delivering multiple social, economic and environmental outcomes and benefiting lives and livelihoods everywhere.
The role of civil society will be absolutely essential to build upon existing projects and experience from the field.
The United Nations Secretary-General has established nine coalitions comprised of national governments who are joined by other stakeholders. Their remit is to undertake preparatory work for the Summit and to ensure ‘transformative outcomes, of which Nature Based Solutions (NBS) is one. The coalitions are each preparing propositions that will be offered to world leaders at the Summit: once endorsed they will be followed up through the climate COPs and other intergovernmental processes. It is anticipated that propositions, when implemented, will be transformative, have significant impact while reflecting public interest, contribute to equitable development, and take into account social and political considerations.
The co-leads of the NBS coalition are China and New Zealand. They envisage that contributions to the NBS theme could include (but not be limited to) scaling up the preservation and restoration of forests, land and marine ecosystems; conservation and restoration of wetlands; comprehensive treatment of soil erosion; prevention of desertification, climate resilient infrastructure and connectivity; eco-corridors and protection of biodiversity; climate compatible agriculture and food systems; regenerating ecosystems of the ocean and natural reserve systems with national parks as the mainstay.
The NBS co-leads and facilitation team would like to invite you to collaborate on nature-based solutions by sharing proposals which could be endorsed at the Summit and implemented in the lead up to the UNFCCC and CBD COPs.
You will find in the document attached here some guidance which will help you for writing the proposal and some explanation about the submission process.
This first round of consultation will be open until the 24th of April 2019.
We very much look forward to receiving your contributions.
Please feel free to share widely across your networks of partners interested in nature-based solutions and climate action. We would like to encourage a wide and inclusive engagement in the development of the proposition incorporating NBS in climate action. This engagement should draw upon the wide range and innovative brilliance of the work underway on Nature-Bases Solutions.
Thank you.
Best regards,
The Nature-Based Solutions Facilitation Team
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