We must be clear - Indigenous Peoples’ attendance is NOT consent.
While ICA and Woven engage in colonial international spaces like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), this is not to embrace the very systems that continue to oppress us. Rather, it is a means to advocate for Indigenous communities and assert our rights in spaces where decisions are being made about the future of our lands and waters along with the potential multi-generational impacts on Indigenous peoples.
Our goal is not to seek validation of our knowledge and ways of being, but to center Indigenous ways of knowing and sovereignty in these global climate discussions without compromise. When colonial leaders gather at an international level to negotiate decisions that affect our lands, rights and culture—Indigenous peoples must be given a voice.
This year, at the UNFCCC COP31, we are focusing on the following areas:
Loss & Damage
ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ
ᓱᓕᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ
Solidarity with the Global South
Sovereignty as the Solution
Conflation of Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Learn more by reading our UNFCCC COP31 Position Paper.
