Justice climatique internationale

We have a responsibility to stay involved, informed and active in international spaces where global colonial leaders are negotiating plans and actions that directly impact our rights.

International spaces have historically treated Indigenous peoples as stakeholders with no more rights than environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGO) despite decades of legal challenges and UN declarations that support otherwise. 

Au cours des trois dernières décennies, les peuples autochtones ont mis en place certaines des politiques climatiques les plus solides, ancrées dans nos droits, notre langue, notre culture et nos identités, renforçant ainsi une prise de conscience collective de la loi de la nature et de l’importance des systèmes naturels vivants, indispensables à la survie sur cette planète. 

Upholding Our Rights

ICA is at COP31 right now!

Follow our journey at the 31st Conference of the Parties at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP31).

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Woven

Woven is a global initiative fighting for climate stability through Indigenous solutions. Believing the protection of our planet is dependent on the protection and advancement of Indigenous rights and sovereignty, Woven supports projects on land defense, conservation, and climate campaigns.

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UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international agreement by 198 nation-states to address climate change. It was signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and came into force in 1994. The following year, the United Nations began hosting a yearly climate conference to act as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC Parties (nation-states) which came to be known as the Conference of the Parties (COP).

“Indigenous peoples have been some of the most formidable advocates in advancing climate change as a global political issue. We have been calling for the most progressive targets, mitigation, and adaptation strategies in the world and our communities are responding to the climate crisis in ways that draw from our traditional knowledge systems and merge colonial technologies to create locally controlled and sustainable energy, food, and economic climate solutions.”