The Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, defended this Tuesday (5) that indigenous peoples be part of the climate financing mechanisms, debated during COP28, in Dubai.
“It is important that indigenous peoples are supported and included in climate financing. And that this leading role is also included in this negotiation process”, he stated.
The minister stated that this is the conference with the greatest indigenous representation, which she considered an advance in the discussion of combating climate change. In a speech, Guajajara also defended that indigenous peoples be consulted in the process of containing global warming.
“Indigenous peoples, according to United Nations data, make up just 5% of the world’s population and we protect 82% of the planet’s living biodiversity. We are here bringing this voice of indigenous peoples, so that we can also be included as part of the solution, to contain this climate crisis,” he said.
Sonia Guajajara leads the Brazilian delegation that came to the climate conference, after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, left COP28 for a series of commitments in Germany.
March at COP28
The sixth day of COP28 was dedicated to indigenous peoples. Alongside dozens of women from indigenous populations, the Brazilian minister led a march at the opening of the conference.
The UN Executive Secretary for Climate Change, Simon Stiell, defended the importance of prioritizing indigenous peoples in discussions.
“Indigenous peoples are on the front lines of the climate crisis. They are well positioned to lead just transitions based on their time-honored values, knowledge and worldviews.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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