Reporting on week one of COP27!

Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, until November 18. We are excited to share that Indigenous Peoples have one of the largest delegations to date, with close to 250 Indigenous representatives. The growing Indigenous presence can be seen through 35+ events at the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, as well as Indigenous-led events in the Blue and Green Zones. 

During the first week of CO27, the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) hosted the two-part Annual Gathering of Knowledge Holders. The first part of the meeting served as a meeting among Indigenous knowledge holders including youth. It focused on intergenerational and cross-regional knowledge-sharing and the development of recommendations based on Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge, methods, lived experiences, and practices. In the second part, knowledge holders presented traditional knowledge-based observations and recommendations, and proposals for integrating this knowledge into climate action and policies. Also during the first week, LCIPP hosted the two-part Annual Youth Round Table. The first part consisted of a discussion on the enhancement of meaningful participation of Indigenous youth and youth from local communities in climate policies and action; in the second part, Indigenous youth and youth from local communities presented recommendations on their meaningful participation in climate policies and action.

Cultural Survival’s delegation has been following the negotiations on the ground, on matters important to the rights and futures of Indigenous Peoples. On the cover text for this COP, Indigenous negotiators are ensuring that the text upholds the commitments to the rights-based safeguards within the existing Glasgow Climate Pact, including the preambular text of the Paris Agreement. They are also making sure that Indigenous perspectives are taken into account, including in loss and damage, and have communicated specific recommendations on what can be incorporated in loss and damage. At the same time, they are ensuring that other proposals for the text do not violate the rights of Indigenous Peoples. READ MORE. 
 

Our team continues to engage several Indigenous leaders on the different thematic issues being discussed. Below, we share with you a sample of the interviews conducted.

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The Position of Indigenous Peoples on Article 6 Paragraph 4

The Position of Indigenous Peoples on the COP27 Cover Decision

November 10
From the COP27 Cryosphere Pavilion! Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems in the Arctic as Game Changers for Climate Action

Cultural Survival Delegate Polina Shulbaeva (Selkup) spoke about the main challenges Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Arctic are facing. 
Watch here.

November 10, 2022  
Who Pays: Climate Financing and the Real Cost of a Just Energy Transition

Cultural Survival's Executive Director, Galina Angarova spoke about the impacts of the so-called Just Transition on Indigenous Peoples and called for respect of Indigenous Peoples' right to self determination and implementation of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Transition to a Green Economy. Lesley Munoz (Colla), Cultural Survival's delegate to COP27, talked about the impacts of lithium mining in her territory on the land, water and biodiversity.
Organizers: Ford Foundation and Cultural Survival
Watch here.
 

November 11, 2022  
GLF Frontiers of Change Stewardship Economy Plenary 

Galina Angarova (Buryat), our Executive Director spoke about the need to center Indigenous Peoples' and human rights as well as true, regenerative practices as we transition to a green economy.  Healthy and sustainable economies should mirror healthy ecological systems. 
Watch here. 

November 12, 2022  
Securing Indigenous Rights in the Transition to a Green Economy

Members of the SIRGE Coaliton talked about the current trends in the mining of Transition Minerals, explained how FPIC is essential to protect Indigenous Peoples rights, shared case studies of Indigenous Peoples engagement with the mining sector, brought attention to specific cases from communities affected by mining of Transition Minerals, introduced the SIRGE coaltion and made a call to action from all stakeholders involved in the Transition to a Green Economy. 
Organizers: Global Landscape Forum (GLF) and Cultural Survival  
Watch here. 
 

November 12, 2022  
GLF Frontiers of Change Closing Plenary 

Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar), Cultural Survival Community Media Program Coordinator, shared about how we can ensure development pathways create value for Indigenous and local people based on low-carbon economies.
Watch here.

November 14, 2022  
Strengthening Indigenous Peoples' Resilience through Direct Access to Climate Finance

Panelists shared about the current trends of Climate Finance for Indigenous Peoples and discussed what needs to change to ensure Indigenous Peoples from all seven socio-cultural regions have equal access to climate financing needed for climate adaptation and mitigation. 
Organizers: Cultural Survival & Tebtebba
Watch here. (start at 2:10:00)
 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 
Weaving Perspectives Across Regions: The Need for Equitable Funding for Indigenous Women’s Leadership, Movement Building & Climate Solutions 

Indigenous Women are protecting natural resources, resisting extractive industries, protecting land and territory rights, upholding ancestral knowledge, and organizing by centering the rights, needs, voices of Indigenous Women, Girls, LGBTQ2+ Peoples. Yet, resourcing for Indigenous Women’s movement building is minimal, access to spaces that center Indigenous Women’s participation is limited, and climate financing is not reaching grassroots groups let alone Indigenous Women. This session highlights cross-regional perspectives from leaders who are calling for equitable funding to Indigenous women-led climate solutions and intersectional movement building. 
Organizers: Association des Femmes Peuls Autochtones du Chad (AFPAT), Cultural Survival, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), Foro Internacional de Mujeres Indígenas (FIMI)
Watch here. (start at 1:49:09)



UPCOMING EVENTS

November 17, 2022  14:15 - 15:15 Egypt Time
Voices of Indigenous Rights Defenders: Cases of Criminalization from Across the Globe

Frontline Defenders reported that at least 331 human rights defenders were killed in 2020, 69 percent of whom were specifically defending Indigenous land or environmental rights and 26 percent of whom focused on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in particular. In the three years prior to October 2020, over 25 percent of rights defenders who were killed were Indigenous, despite representing just 6 percent of the global population. At this session we will hear from frontline defenders; they will discuss the crisis of criminalization of Indigenous rights defenders and what needs to be done to bring this crisis to a halt. 
Speakers:
Edson Krenak - Cultural Survival
Galina Angarova - Cultural Survival
Yana Tanagasheva - International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) 
Lesley Munoz - Observatorio Plurinacional de Salares Andinos (OPSAL)
Dev Kumar Sunuwar - Cultural Survival
Alana Manchineri - Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB)
Mayra Macedo -  Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP)

Location: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion and online
Organizer: Cultural Survival 
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