
This episode takes us back to the COP 26 conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, Scotland. The episode is a recording of a side event on 9 November 2021 titled “A battle for peoples and planet - Indigenous Peoples’ rights in climate action under threat”.
With a panel of five Indigenous climate activists (Tunga Bhadra Rai, Melania Canales Poma, Gideon Sanago, a representative from AIPP, and Graeme Read), the event takes its point of departure in Paragraph 11 of the preamble of the Paris Agreement in which States commit to respect, promote and consider the rights of Indigenous Peoples in climate action. Topics covered include the role of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), loss and damage, Article 6, the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, the Global Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and the Gender Action Plan. Further, the event looks towards COP 27 in Africa in November 2022.
The event was organised by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) and the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). Learn more at: www.iwgia.org