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In the lead-up to historic agreements on climate and nature being made in Glasgow at COP26, more than 180 civil society and indigenous organisations, and academics, from more than 50 countries, have signed an open letter that that calls on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of climate and environmental policy.

Over 150 civil society organisations and academics sign open letter calling on world leaders to integrate human rights into global and national environmental policy and practice

In this compendium, 11 indigenous and human rights rights organisations from across the globe reiterated their calls on the key components that EU lawmakers should address in developing new legal instruments to regulate corporations and supply chains, including the elements it requires to be effective in holding companies and the finance industry to account.

Masyarakat Adat telah lama mengadvokasi sebuah kebijakan yang kuat untuk melindungi hak-hak mereka di Green Climate Fund (Dana Iklim Hijau/GCF).

Indigenous Peoples have been advocating for a robust policy to protect their rights at the Green Climate Fund (GCF). After a number of years, and some delays, the Board of the GCF has adopted a policy which should ensure the rights of indigenous peoples are recognised, respected and promoted in climate-related funding.

Los Pueblos Indígenas vienen bregando por una política sólida para proteger sus derechos en el Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC).

Les peuples autochtones prônaient l’adoption par le Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC) d’une politique solide pour protéger leurs droits.

A statement made to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) on behalf of a group of organisations working on a collaborative initiative - the Indigenous Navigator.

Response to the Call for Public Inputs to the TOR of the Independent Redress Mechanism of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The response document is a joint submission by Tebtebba and Forest Peoples Programme, together with indigenous peoples’ organisations and networks from Asia, Latin America and Africa.Click here to read the document (PDF).

Joint submission of Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education) and Forest Peoples Programme as a response to the Call for for Public Inputs on the Environmental and Social Management System of the Green Climate Fund.The joint Civil Society Organizations submission on the ESMS contains a set of proposals for procedures aimed at identifying assessing and managing social and environmental risks, while defining roles and responsibilities of the various actors and guidelines for monitoring and reporting.

Under considerable expectations and pressure to deliver shortly before the beginning of the UNFCCC 21st Conference of the Parties to be held in Paris, the Board of the Green Climate Fund  (GCF) considered the first projects for funding at its meeting in Zambia in early November, 2015.  One project presented to the GCF by Peruvian Implementing Entity (IE) PROFONANPE contains a proposal for wetland management with the participation of indigenous peoples in the province of Loreto in the eastern Amazon region.

Indigenous Peoples' organisations raise concerns regarding the use of the terms “country ownership” and “multi-stakeholder engagement" ahead of Green Climate Fund meetings in Zambia, 2015. The letter is significant as it is the first official and widely supported position on the GCF expressed by Indigenous Peoples. Read the full letter here

Human Rights CouncilExpert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesEighth Session20-24 July 2015Item 3 of the Provisional AgendaFollow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP)including the review of the Mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Next week Forest Peoples Programme and Tebtebba invite you to the roundtable:Deforestation, climate finance and the rights of indigenous peoples: the cases of DRC and the Green Climate FundDAY: Mon, 08 Jun 2015TIME: 13:15-14:45PLACE: Bonn Climate Change Conference June 2015, Room Bonn II (40)

Déforestation, financement climat et les droits des peuples autochtones : les cas de la RDC et du Fonds vert pour le climatDATE : lundi 8 juin 2015HEURE : 13h15-14h45LIEU : Conférence de Bonn sur le changement climatique, juin 2015, salle Bonn II (40)

A guide to using CEDAW to defend and protect the rights of indigenous women, published by the Asian Indigenous Women's Network (AIWN), Tebtebba Foundation and the Forest Peoples Programme.To read the publication please click here

Source: Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service The cool mountain climate of a large part of the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca, home to about a million indigenous Mixe people, is now getting warmer—a situation that has proved to be both a boon and a bane for the upland farming folk.Click here to read the rest of this article in Tebtebba's February E-Newsletter

Dear Friends,What are the prospects for securing the land rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, and women in the foreseeable future?Significantly, the report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, under Goal 1 to “End Poverty”, sets a target to “Increase by x% the share of women and men, communities, and businesses with secure rights to land, property, and other assets”.

Chers amis,

Queridos amigos:¿Qué perspectivas hay de proteger los derechos territoriales de los pueblos indígenas, las comunidades locales y las mujeres en un futuro cercano?