{"id":1480,"date":"2019-09-26T10:58:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imnvoices.com\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2021-10-17T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T09:11:33","slug":"new-york-indigenous-peoples-pledged-their-commitment-to-take-action-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imnvoices.com\/?p=1480","title":{"rendered":"New York – Indigenous Peoples pledged their commitment to take action on Climate Change."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

23 September 2019, New York City, NY – The International\nIndigenous Peoples\u2019 Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) met in New York City at\nthe United Nations at the UNSG Climate Action Summit 2019 to announce their\ncommitment on climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndigenous Peoples have been leaders in adaptation, mitigation, and living reciprocally with their lands, territories, and resources, including oceans and waters\u2026we commit to working with all partners, including states, donors, civil society organizations to advance Indigenous Peoples\u2019 climate leadership\u201d<\/em> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Since time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have been leaders in adaptation, mitigation, and living reciprocally with their lands, territories, and resources, including oceans and waters. Yet, the continued degradation of Indigenous Peoples\u2019 lands, territories, resources, and biocultural diversity resulting from imposed development, causes and compounds the impacts of climate change while reducing our adaptive capacity and creating a false dependency on fossil fuel extraction. Drawing on our knowledge systems, sustainable practices, and rights, we continue to preserve our diverse ecosystems (such as forests, savanna, lands, oceans, waters, and biodiversity). Through this, we steward 80% of the world\u2019s biodiversity, and at least 22% of forest carbon, despite comprising only 5% of the world\u2019s population. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Land underlines the crucial role of Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge systems contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement objectives. If efforts continue to support our rights to lands, territories, and resources, we can increase the amount of carbon captured from 100tC\/ha to 625tC\/ha, scale-up agroecosystems for sustainable food production, and restore harmony with nature and all life forms. Clearly, we are uniquely positioned to lead transformative change in the face of a climate emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, access to renewable energy that will contribute to\nclimate mitigation and support Indigenous Peoples\u2019 livelihoods must be a\ncrucial element of climate change solutions. Currently, more than 50% of rural\nIndigenous Peoples do not have access to energy, while such communities are\ndisproportionately affected by the adverse impacts of expanding energy\nprojects. The Right Energy Partnership (REP) with Indigenous Peoples aims to\npromote a human rightsbased approach to renewable energy development, and to\nfacilitate access to renewable energy for millions of Indigenous People.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consistent with the UN Declaration on the Rights of\nIndigenous Peoples (UN Declaration), International Labour Organization (ILO)\nConvention 169, and other international human rights mechanisms, Indigenous\nPeoples stress the importance of a rights-based approach to all climate action.\nWe commit to working with all partners, including states, donors, civil society\norganizations to advance Indigenous Peoples\u2019 climate leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Commitments and Actions are as follows:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Implement\nholistic plans to protect our biocultural diversity, ensuring the inclusion of\nour most marginalized, through the following two actions: <\/strong>
    1. In 2020, to develop transformative long-term\nplans with specific indicators for sustainable management of lands, territories\nand resources in our diverse ecosystems, ensuring our full and effective\nparticipation in decision-making processes concerning climate action,\nenvironmental protection and sustainable development. The plans shall have\nspecific targets and benchmarks for monitoring to be achieved for 2030 in line\nwith the SDGs and targets for 2050 on the protection and restoration of our\nforests and biocultural diversity.<\/li><\/ol>
      1. In 2020, to develop Indigenous-specific\npreliminary guidance for enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)\nto ensure Indigenous Peoples\u2019 full and effective participation, accounting and\nenhancement of our contributions at all levels, and a rights-based approach to\nreduce emission by 45% by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050 with effective\nadaptation and mitigation responses and increased climate ambitions.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n