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Three functions of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Indigenous peoples and local communities play an important role in finding climate solutions
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.
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Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons, LCIPP Annual Gathering of Knowledge Holders at COP 28
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
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IUCN, 2019
Nature managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is under increasing pressure but is generally declining less rapidly than in other lands
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IPBES, 2019
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Co-creating pathways to further engage local communities in the UNFCCC process: a mandated dialogue convened by the incoming COP 30 Presidency
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LCIPP Informal Contributors Briefing - October 2025
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