Homepage
Three functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
      Indigenous peoples and local communities play an important role in finding climate solutions
      Agricultural practices that include indigenous and local knowledge can contribute to overcoming the combined challenges of climate change, food security, biodiversity conservation, and combating desertification and land degradation
IPCC, 2019
Biodiversity thrives in the care of Indigenous communities. As much as 80% of the world’s remaining forest biodiversity lies within Indigenous Peoples’ territories, and Indigenous and community lands store at least 24% of the above-ground carbon in the world’s tropical forests
IUCN, 2019
We must be the good caretaker and not the bad landlords. It’s not just Indigenous Peoples, it’s all human beings. It’s all plant life, it’s all water bodies, our sky relatives. We are all related.
Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons, LCIPP Annual Gathering of Knowledge Holders at COP 28
Upcoming Events
          Event
    Co-creating pathways to further engage local communities in the UNFCCC process: a mandated dialogue convened by the incoming COP 30 Presidency
             09:00 - 12:50 UTC-03
   
    Africa; Asia; Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia; Central and South America, and the Caribbean; North America; The Arctic; The Pacific
    Knowledge; Capacity for Engagement; Climate Change Policies and Actions
    English
    Event
    LCIPP Informal Contributors Briefing - October 2025
    
 - 
    Africa; Asia; Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia; Central and South America, and the Caribbean; North America; The Arctic; The Pacific
    Knowledge; Capacity for Engagement; Climate Change Policies and Actions
    English; Spanish; French; Russian
Shortcuts to pages of interest