What is it about?
Indigenous Peoples are highly vulnerable to climate change while at the same time possessing the skills and knowledge that are critical to the climate response. Their contributions are often underrepresented in international climate negotiations processes and fora. A more explicit focus on climate justice, social equity and context specificity, contributes to ensuring that Indigenous Peoples have a political voice and can fully participate in identifying and realizing climate resilient transformation pathways.
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Why is it important?
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the aim of ending poverty in all its forms and ensuring that “no one will be left behind”. Ending poverty requires fair and inclusive sustainable development processes and practices. Indigenous Peoples continue to be the poorest of the poor. Climate justice, therefore, must ensure Indigenous Peoples’ right to full and effective participation in policy processes to enable them to identify and realize climate resilient transformation pathways best suited to their contexts.
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I really enjoyed writing this opinion piece as it brought together authors from diverse backgrounds all of whom are committed to ensuring that climate resilient agriculture is socially-equitable. This requires Indigenous Peoples playing a far more active role in climate negotiations and decision-making. I hope that this article contributes in some way to their voices being heard loud and clear.
Jon Hellin
CGIAR
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This page is a summary of: Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ participation in climate policy processes, PLOS Climate, April 2024, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000392.
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