National climate policy is essential to the realization of the Paris Agreement and indigenous peoples and local communities are essential in creating strong and effective national climate policy. However, they are not always included in policy processes. In order to inspire strong national climate policy where indigenous peoples and local communities are active partners, existing good practices in this regard need to be identified and shared widely. Activity 10 of the LCIPP work plan, which falls under the LCIPP’s function of “Climate change policies and actions”, aims to respond to this need.

The LCIPP is an inclusive space to share good practices. The LCIPP work plan mandates the compilation and communication of useful and relevant information, such as good practices for participation in national climate policy. As a constituted body with both indigenous and party members, the FWG is also well positioned to ensure this information reaches parties as the bodies who can implement such practices.

This in-session dialogue will provide an overview of information compiled to date on good practices of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ participation in national climate policy. This will be followed by an open dialogue welcoming questions, comments, and sharing of additional good practices, which will be taken into account in the final technical summary for Activity 10.