🚨 URGENT ALERT & PRESS RELEASE:
The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change calls for the immediate release of imprisoned Co-Chair, Daria Egereva who has been arrested and detained on false charges of terrorism as a direct retaliation for her participation in United Nations human rights and climate processes - including last month’s #COP30 in Belém.
This is a violation of Indigenous rights, and sets a dangerous precedent for Indigenous Peoples’ involvement in critical global human rights work.
➡️ Please join our caucus in urgently spreading the word, and advocate for all state parties, civil society organisations, and allies of Indigenous Peoples to demand her liberation.
#FreeDariaEgereva
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Indigenous Peoples’ collective closing statement at #COP30, delivered by Diana Chavez Vargas of Ecuador.
“Thank you Chair,
The Amazon, our home is the next global oil frontier.
Indigenous Peoples are under attack.
We face colonial militarization of our territories, where states and corporations trade our lives for fossil fuels, transition minerals, and large-scale renewables.
We stand in solidarity with our Amazonian relatives and condemn the killing of land defenders. This was mirrored by the heavy militarization of this COP.
Even at the “Indigenous COP” we have been excluded.
We recognize the historic inclusion of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, including our rights to Self-Determination; Free, Prior and Informed Consent; and the protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation in the Just Transition Work Program text.
While we welcome the inclusion of our rights in the Mutirão, sidelining us to the preamble and not the operational text is unacceptable. Here, “land rights and traditional knowledge” apply exclusively to Indigenous Peoples.
The Mutirão lacks the ambition to live up to its Indigenous name.
The Presidency’s roadmap to phase out fossil fuels and end deforestation must ensure our full participation for its credibility and effectiveness.
There can be NO just transition if our territories remain sacrifice zones.
Solidarity with Indigenous Pacific relatives who face extreme expense and barriers to attend COPs on the other side of the world. They deserved a Pacific COP.
We urge parties to take full advantage of the Pre-COP to witness climate impacts on their land and ocean territories; and to meaningfully support and resource Pacific and Indigenous participation at COP31.
Parties, there is NO true multilateralism without the real inclusion of Indigenous Peoples. Our duty to our future generations requires us to put relationships over ego, money, and power.
It’s time for you to learn to do the same.
Thank you.”
@diana.chavezvargas
Photo credit: Jason Boberg, Activate Agency
Declaración de los Pueblos Indígenas en la COP ✨
Nuestros territorios no son zonas de sacrificio. Desde el Amazonas hasta el Pacífico, denunciamos la militarización, la violencia y la exclusión que siguen amenazando nuestras vidas y culturas.
Reafirmamos nuestros derechos: autodeterminación, territorio, consentimiento libre, previo e informado, y la protección de los Pueblos en aislamiento voluntario. Estos derechos no pertenecen al preámbulo: deben ser parte del corazón de cada decisión climática.
La transición justa no existe sin los Pueblos Indígenas.
La justicia climática tampoco.
🌿 Exigimos participación plena, respeto real y una COP verdaderamente indígena.
Por nuestras generaciones futuras, por nuestras culturas, por la vida.
Press Conference Today:
Indigenous Peoples Caucus to Provide Update on Negotiations
Friday November 21st, 16:30-17:00 BRT
Press Conference Room 2, COP30 Blue Zone
On the final scheduled day of COP30, this press conference will bring Indigenous voices from around the world to share critical updates on the current state of negotiations, highlighting how the rights of Indigenous Peoples and our role in climate action are being left behind in what is claimed to be “the Indigenous COP”.
This press conference is supported by the International Indian Treaty Council and will be moderated by @tailyterena
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Rueda de prensa hoy: El Caucus de los Pueblos Indígenas ofrecerá información actualizada sobre las negociacionesViernes 21 de noviembre, de 16:30 a 17:00 (hora de Brasil)Sala de prensa 2, COP30 Zona AzulEn el último día programado de la COP30, esta conferencia de prensa reunirá a voces indígenas de todo el mundo para compartir información actualizada sobre el estado actual de las negociaciones, destacando cómo los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y nuestro papel en la acción climática están quedando relegados en lo que se supone que es «la COP indígena».
Esta rueda de prensa cuenta con el apoyo del Consejo Internacional de Tratados Indios y será moderada por @tailyterena
#COP30 #cop30belém
Statement in Solidarity of Local Demonstrations in Belém
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Declaração da IIPFCC em solidariedade às manifestações locais em Belém
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Declaración de la FIPICC en solidaridad con las manifestaciones locales en Belém
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Déclaration du FIPACC en solidarité avec les manifestations locales à Belém
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Заявление IIPFCC в знак солидарности с местными демонстрациями в Белеме
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#COP30 #COP30Indigenous
Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge in the Context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change lists all of the references to Indigenous Peoples and traditional knowledge adopted by the UNFCCC bodies up to the COP30— serving as a useful tool for all actors involved in climate policies and climate actions, including governments, private corporations, and financial institutions.
Read the latest report on our website at iipfcc.org
