COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | 18 November 2022

15th November 2022 | COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh
Statement by the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) 
Delivered by: Cristina Coc, Maya Q’eqchi of Belize, Central America

The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) collectively requests Parties to support the following language to be included in the COP27 Cover Decision. Recognising that there is universal support from Parties for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), and that Parties recommitted to upholding the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Outcome Document (2014), the IIPFC

Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, through November 18. We are excited to share that Indigenous Peoples have one of the largest delegations to date, with close to 250 Indigenous representatives.

Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (

Press release regarding “Recommendations on activities involving removals under the mechanism established under Article 6 Paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement”

On October 26, 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted the long-awaited General Recommendation No. 39 on the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls. General Recommendation No.

From November 6 to November 18, 2022, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 27) is happening in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Cultural Survival y First Peoples Worldwide consideran necesario abordar la creciente postura internacional que combina e iguala a los Pueblos Indígenas –y en particular, sus derechos afirmados a las tierras y territorios y el Consentimiento Libre, Previo e Informado (CLPI)– con las comunidades locales dentro del término “Pueblos Indígenas y Comunidades Locales” o “PICL”.