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The Conference of the Parties at its twenty fourth session (COP 24) requested the secretariat to organize a thematic workshop, in conjunction with the fiftieth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), on enhancing the participation of local communities, in addition to indigenous peoples, in the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) (decision 2/CP.24 paragraph 22).
This will be the third workshop under the LCIPP. The first took place in May 2017 on the operationalization of the LCIPP. The second session took place in May 2018 on implementing the functions of the LCIPP. The Platform’s three functions are knowledge, capacity for engagement, and climate change policies and actions.
On the same topic of enhancing participation of local communities, the COP also invited Parties to promote the engagement of local communities in the LCIPP with a view to enhancing their participation in the Facilitative Working Group (FWG) and the Platform. In 2021, the SBSTA will undertake a review of the outcomes and activities of the LCIPP, and in this context, will take into account progress related to the representation of local communities, the addition of at least three additional representatives to represent local communities, as well as a process for the appointment of such representatives, and an equal number of Party representatives. The SBSTA should forward a draft decision to COP 27 on the representation of local communities
- Ceremonial Opening
- Opening remarks:
- Paul Watkinson, SBSTA Chair
- Moderators:
- Annela Anger-Kraavi, SBSTA Vice Chair
- Andrea Carmen, Facilitative Working Group, Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Session I: Discussion on the concept of local communities, and their self-representation and self-mobilization in the international climate change processes
Part 1 - Interventions
Information on the constituency process under the UNFCCC – UNFCCC secretariat
The PCCB's Experience
- Rita Mishaan, Co-Chair, Paris Committee on Capacity Building
Engagement of local communities in the context of labor market policies (ILO)
- Maria Victoria Cabrera, Legal Officer, in the Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities Team, International Labour Organization
Sharing experience of engaging local communities in social forestry and climate change (MOCAF)
- Gustavo Sanchez Valle, Red Mexicana de Organizaciones Campesinas Forestales, A. C. (RED MOCAF).
Remote Participant: John Scott, Manager, Peoples and Biodiversity Unit, Focal Point for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, The Convention on Biological Diversity
Part 2 - Open dialogue
Session II: Discussion on how to enhance the participation of local communities, in addition to indigenous peoples, in the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Part 1 - Interventions
- Grace Balawag, Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education)
- Nigel Crawhall, Chief of Section, Small Islands and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Yon Fernández-de-Larrinoa, Indigenous Peoples team leader Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Part 2 - Open dialogue
Closing and next steps