ICC\u2019s position paper<\/a>, including the obligation of Parties to produce climate policies and solutions that uphold human rights and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The outcomes approved early Sunday morning were a severe disappointment, as the final text approved on the NCQG removed all language on human rights and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. ICC contributed to the closing statement of the Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Constituency decrying this as unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nICC Chair, Sara Olsvig states, \u201cThe delay tactics and dysfunction displayed at COP29 cannot set a new standard for climate negotiations. Some parties cited geopolitical instability as a reason for not stepping up their climate finance commitments. This is deeply concerning, as climate change does not recognize borders or take into account politics, economics, or geopolitical situations. Decisions made by world leaders at COP29 will result in a continued burden, including financial cost, of adaptation and mitigation to drastic and irreparable climate change on the shoulders of Inuit and Indigenous Peoples globally. World leaders must uphold their responsibilities and repair the dysfunction before COP30 next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not only was the financing agreed to by parties insufficient, but the text is also vague with regards to direct and equitable access for all Indigenous Peoples, continuing the false dichotomy of \u201cdeveloped\u201d and \u201cdeveloping\u201d countries, excluding Indigenous Peoples in the \u201cglobal north\u201d from accessing the climate finance agreed to in the NCQG. A lack of agreement on next steps from the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake that took place last year seemed to be a step backwards, with no further wording on operationalizing the phase out of fossil fuels in any approved text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe decision on the NCQG means that Inuit and other Arctic Indigenous Peoples will continue to face barriers in accessing climate finance. This is unacceptable. This year, for the first time, the world will be 1.5 degrees warmer on average than pre-industrial temperatures, and the Arctic is warming almost four times faster than the rest of the planet. Across Inuit Nunaat we see communities evacuated due to flooding, ice thinning, permafrost thawing, and coastlines eroding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are seeing Inuit ways of life, languages, cultures, access to food, homes and infrastructure disrupted by climate change,\u201d said Vice Chair Lisa Koperqualuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sofia Geisler
ICC (Greenland)
299 34 22 25
sofia@inuit.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kelly Eningowuk
ICC (Alaska)
(907) 274-9058
kelly@iccalaska.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cassandra Elliott
ICC (Canada)
613-407-2642
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