Ultimo - G77 text for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform

DRAFT TEXT

SBSTA 47 agenda item 13

Local communities and indigenous peoples platform

Version of November 7, 2017

Draft conclusions proposed by the Chair

Addendum

Recommendation of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and

Technological Advice

The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, at its forty-seventh session, recommended the following draft decision for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-third session:

Draft decision -/CP.23

Local communities and indigenous peoples platform

The Conference of the Parties,

Recalling the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples¹,

decision 1/CP.21 and the Paris Agreement,

Emphasizing the role of local communities and indigenous peoples in achieving the targets and goals set in the Convention, the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and recognizing their vulnerability to climate change and their critical role as custodians of  harmony with Mother Earth,

Reaffirming the need to strengthen the knowledge, technologies, practices and efforts of local communities and indigenous peoples related to addressing and responding to climate change, and the importance of establishing a platform for the exchange of experiences and sharing of best practices on mitigation and adaptation in a holistic and integrated manner,

1.      Notes with appreciation the submissions from Parties² and  local communities and indigenous peoples’ organizations and other relevant organizations³ on the purpose, content and structure of the local communities and indigenous peoples platform;

2.         Acknowledges the fruitful exchange of views during the  open multi-stakeholder dialogue  that  was  convened  by  the  Chair  of  the  Subsidiary Body  for  Scientific  and

[1] Bearing in mind explanations of positions delivered by UN member states on national circumstances at the adoption of the Declaration.

² Available at http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/SitePages/sessions.aspx?showOnlyCurrentCalls=1&themes=Adaptation&expect edsubmissionfrom=Parties&focalBodies=SBSTA.

³Available at http://unfccc.int/documentation/submissions_from_non-party_stakeholders/items/7482.php.

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Technological Advice and co-moderated with a representative of local communities and indigenous peoples organizations during the  forty-sixth session of the  Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, on 16 and 17 May 2017; 3

3.       Notes with appreciation the support provided by [xx] (ask for clarification from the Secretariat) for the participation of representatives of local communities and indigenous peoples organizations in the multi-stakeholder dialogue referred to in paragraph 2 above;

4.        Welcomes  the  report  on  the  proposals  on  the  operationalization  of  the  local communities and indigenous peoples platform based on the open multi-stakeholder dialogue referred to in paragraph 2 above and the submissions received;4

5.        Decides that the overall purpose of the platform will be to enhance the engagement of local communities indigenous peoples in the UNFCCC process, and to exchange views, experiences and knowledge, including the sharing of best practices and lessons learned, on mitigation and adaptation, in a holistic and integrated manner, in accordance with paragraph of 135 of Decision 1/CP.21;

6.        Decides that the platform will deliver the following functions:

(a)      Knowledge: the platform should promote the exchange of experiences and best practices by applying, strengthening, protecting and preserving traditional knowledge, knowledge of indigenous peoples and local knowledge system, as well as ancestral practices, and should facilitate access to the development and transfer of climate technology with the requirement of prior and informed approval of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices as well as the Party concerned;

(b)     Capacity for engagement: the platform should build the capacities of indigenous peoples and local communities to enable their engagement in the UNFCCC process. The platform should also build the capacities of Parties and other relevant stakeholders to engage with the platform, including in the context of the implementation of the Paris Agreement, and other climate change related processes, always in consultancy and guaranteeing the prior and informed consent of those holding and exchanging knowledge and best practices;

(c)      Climate change policies and actions: the  platform should  facilitate the integration of  diverse  knowledge systems, practices and  innovations in  designing and implementing international and national actions, programmes and policies in a manner that respects, promotes and considers the rights and interests of local communities and indigenous peoples. The platform should facilitate stronger and more ambitious climate action by indigenous peoples and local communities in harmony with traditional livelihoods and lifestyles, which could support the NDCs’ achievement of the Party concerned ;

7.        Recommends that the platform develop strategic linkages, synergies and coordination with stakeholders, entities and mechanisms both under and outside the UNFCCC process;

8.       Decides that the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform initiates its work under the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.

9.         Decides also to establish an Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group to lead the operationalization of the platform, requesting the participation of country parties and local communities and indigenous peoples representatives, taking into account regional and gender balanced representation, with local communities and indigenous peoples to follow their own selection of representatives, as appropriate; 

10. Requests the secretariat to support the work of Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on the operationalization of local communities and indigenous people´s platform, as appropriate.

11.      Requests the  Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on the operationalization of local communities and indigenous peoples platform, to convene bi annual meetings in parallel with the meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Convention;

3  http://unfccc.int/10151.

4 FCCC/SBSTA/2017/6.

12.      Requests the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on the operationalization of local communities and indigenous peoples platform to organize its first meeting at the SBSTA48 and to develop its initial work plan with specific outputs and activities, with a view to finalize  the work plan of the Platform by the 24 Session of the COP;

13.      Requests the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on the operationalization of local communities and indigenous peoples platform to prepare summary reports on the outcomes of its meetings  referred to in paragraph 12 above;

14.      Invites Parties, local communities and indigenous peoples and other relevant organizations to submit, by [xx] (to be discussed in informal), their views on:

(a)      An initial 2019 work plan for the platform, including key outputs and activities;

(b)      The platform’s guidelines modalities and procedures.

15.      Decides to review progress made on 2019 at the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties with a view to evaluating progress and further enhancing the local communities and indigenous peoples platform];

16.      Urges Parties to intensify their efforts to improve the participation of local communities and indigenous peoples in their delegations, and in the constituted bodies established under the Convention;

17.      Encourages Parties and  relevant organizations to  continue to  support training and capacity-building efforts, for local communities and indigenous peoples delegates from  developing country Parties, in particular countries with the least capacity, such as the least developed countries, and those that are particularly vulnerable  to adverse effects of climate change, such as small island developing States.

18.      Encourages developed country Parties and other Parties and non-Party stakeholders in a position to do so to provide financial resources for the operationalization of the platform.

19.      Takes note of the budgetary implications of the activities to be undertaken by the secretariat referred to paragraphs xx–xx above; (ask for clarification from the Secretariat)