The Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum Vision
Both Indigenous Peoples and local communities are essential partners in the voluntary carbon market and in addressing the global climate crisis. Ensuring that carbon markets respect, protect, and promote the rights, interests, and self-determined priorities of these communities is vital. As it is only by putting communities’ interests at their heart that the carbon markets can achieve integrity and fulfil their potential long-term positive impacts for people and planet.
In recognition of this, the Integrity Council has led a two-year global initiative to co-develop a meaningful framework for engagement through consultations, workshops, and dialogue with leaders from organisations representing Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities
Announced at COP28, the self-led Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum is the central outcome of this process. The Forum, which convened for the first time in July 2024, is led by Indigenous Co-Chairs Onel Masardule and Diel Mochire Mwenge, with support from the Integrity Council Secretariat.
This session will provide a preview of the Forum’s strategic direction ahead of its formal launch later this year and offers an opportunity for discussion with civil society, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples organisations, and policy stakeholders.
Speakers
Onel Masardule – Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum
Stella Napanu, Africa Regional Representative, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement Forum
Rupert Quinlan – Associate Director for Indigenous Peoples and local communities
This event is a unique opportunity to explore how the Forum seeks to shape a high-integrity voluntary carbon market ensuring the rights, priorities, and voices of the communities it seeks to serve are embedded in its future.
It will take place in the Phoenix space at Work.Life St Cross Street.