Reporting on week considered one of COP28!

Cultural Survival’s delegation is on the bottom on the United Nations Framework Conference on Local weather Change (UNFCCC) Convention of Events (COP 28) in Dubai, UAE, till December 12.  We now have been following the negotiations on issues essential to the rights and futures of Indigenous Peoples.  

COP28 conferences started on November 30, the place about 70,000 delegates, together with over 300 Indigenous leaders who’re advocating for Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the way forward for the planet, are taking part. To nobody’s shock, the biggest delegation is the one related to the coal, oil, and fuel industries; as reported, they’ve over 2400 delegates registered at this COP. Consequently, there’s a excessive likelihood that an settlement on phasing out fossil fuels just isn’t on the desk. 

Loss and Injury Fund: 

On the primary day, the COP28 Presidency agreed to operationalize the Loss and Injury Fund. Whereas the COP presidency touted this as successful, the $700M pledged by nations most chargeable for local weather change is nothing in comparison with the estimated $400 billion loss and harm confronted by growing nations because of local weather change impacts yearly.  

Within the lead-up to the settlement on the operationalization of the Loss and Injury Fund, the Worldwide Indigenous Peoples Discussion board on Local weather Change (IIPFCC) referred to as for an Impartial Authorized Standing for the Loss and Injury Fund; a transparent exit technique of the Loss and Injury Fund from the World Financial institution; Indigenous illustration within the board of the Fund; direct and simplified entry for Indigenous Peoples; non-debt creating finance; a human rights-based method; institution of a grievance mechanism; and emphasis on averting loss and harm. The Loss and Injury Fund ought to prioritize the safety and enhancement of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and desires; and guarantee Indigenous Peoples’ full and efficient participation in its operationalization. 

Civil society organizations voiced their issues in regards to the language within the settlement, which fails to place the accountability to pay for loss and harm on the biggest polluting nations and, as a substitute, will settle for quite a lot of sources of funding.  

The SIRGE Coalition hosted a aspect occasion on transition minerals and keep away from the errors of the fossil gasoline trade.

Transition to a Inexperienced Economic system:

A brand new pledge referred to as The Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge was introduced throughout the first week of COP28. This new pledge is asking for a tripling of renewable power capability from present ranges by 2030. We foresee a rise in stress on Indigenous lands as demand for transition minerals for the manufacturing of renewable power applied sciences will increase.

We categorical our concern in regards to the narrative being pushed at official and unofficial discussions at COP28. The place mining corporations and third-party certification organizations are discussing useful resource the rising demand for renewable power applied sciences with out significant consideration for the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Firms should undertake Indigenous Peoples’ insurance policies that guarantee respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples all through their provide chains as prescribed by UNDRIP, together with the proper to Free, Prior and Knowledgeable Consent. Something that doesn’t meet the minimal customary of UNDRIP just isn’t acceptable. 

Cultural Survival is advocating for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in these areas and reminding governments and companies that Indigenous Peoples will not be solely stakeholders, however they’re additionally rights holders, that we’ll train our proper to self-determination and shield our lands and territories and all of the biodiversity contained inside. 

Galina Angarova, Government Director of Cultural Survival, offered our newest publication, Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Self-determination: A Guide on Free, Prior and Informed Consent. 

Expectations for Week 2:

The negotiations on the primary International Stocktake will conclude in week two of COP28. We hope that governments lastly take the existential risk of local weather change severely, put their egocentric nationalist pursuits apart, and agree on extra formidable objectives for the great of the world we reside in and humankind.

Discussions on Article 6 of the Paris Settlement, associated to carbon markets, proceed in Dubai. Nature-based options and net-zero options are false options as a result of they fail to handle emissions reductions at supply. As a substitute, they enable the destruction of ecosystems in a single place for the promise of restoring ecosystems in one other place. There are a lot of documented and ongoing circumstances of false options that violate the rights of Indigenous Peoples, we name on governments to take accountability of their local weather mitigation actions and uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples as prescribed by UNDRIP.

Our workforce continues to interact a number of Indigenous leaders on the completely different thematic points being mentioned. Beneath, we share with you some recordings from occasions we organized and took part in, in addition to a pattern of the interviews we performed.

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Galina Angarova, Government Director of Cultural Survival, talking at COP28.

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Securing Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, together with Land Rights within the Transition to a Inexperienced Economic system

Local weather Financing: How Can the Information Loss and Injury Fund Successfully Assist Indigenous Local weather Options?