Indigenous Peoples May Disappear Without Climate Finance - Official

11/16/2024 5:11:55 AM

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 16. Indigenous peoples may disappear without climate finance, Co-chair of the International and Local Peoples Forum on Climate Change, lawyer Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim said at the session "Setting the scene: understanding the real impact of climate change" on the margins of the COP29 Parliamentary Meeting organized jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Azerbaijani Parliament, Trend reports.

“No one talks about what is happening in Chad to our people. Indigenous peoples are the most affected, as we live and depend on nature,” she said.

The lawyer noted that developed countries must pay for the damage they have done to the climate. However, they are still discussing financing.

“Funding is needed right now, it's a matter of humanity. It's a question of people's survival. It's not about economics, it's not about the development of developed countries. It's about the survival of all of us, and as parliamentarians, you can hold your governments accountable. We need to put money on the table so that my people can survive. Otherwise, we will just disappear. This is the problem of all indigenous peoples - from the Arctic to the Amazon, from the small developing islands of the Pacific Ocean to the mountains of the Himalayas,” she said.

To note, the Parliamentary Meeting started its work in Baku within COP29 under the joint organization of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Azerbaijani Parliament. Sevil Mikayilova, the Vice President of the IPU from Azerbaijan and a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, is taking part in the event.

The two-day event will bring together 92 delegations from 66 countries and international organizations, up to 330 participants, 167 Members of Parliament led by 12 Speakers and Deputy Speakers.

Sessions at the Parliamentary Meeting will discuss the real impacts of climate change, the parliaments' role in making climate commitments a reality and raising mitigation ambition and implementing nationally determined contributions, unpacking the global climate finance architecture and mobilizing resources and streamlining access to climate finance, enhancing resilience in the face of climate change and scaling up adaptation and strengthening local empowerment. The final document will be adopted.

The event will also include several bilateral meetings.

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