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STORY: OHCHR / CLIMATE CHANGE INDIGENOUS
TRT: 2:22
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1.Wide shot, Special Rapporteur walking outside Palais des Nations
2.Med shot, Human Rights Council
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, United Nations:
“ Mainly, indigenous peoples rely on the natural resources for their own food, for their own livelihoods. So when hurricanes, floods, droughts happen, then this increases levels of poverty amongst them.”
FILE – FEBRUARY 2017, LITTLE ROCK, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES
4.Wide shot, construction site, Little Rock, Arizona
20 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, United Nations:
“There is a big amount of money now being put for climate change mitigation and adaptation. And in some instances in which I have seen, indigenous peoples are not consulted whenever some projects, funded by these funds, are put in their communities. For example renewable energy projects, like hydroelectric dams are built in their communities, and their free prior consent is not obtained. Other examples which I have seen, for instance, are even windmills, we have cases in Oaxaca and even among the Sami in the Arctic, where they are complaining that windmills were being put in their territories. And they are not able to pursue their reindeer herding in the way that they should.”
6.Med shot, Special Rapporteur walking
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, United Nations:
“I am also recommending that in relation to the green climate fund there should be a safeguard mechanism and policy put in place so that when funds are used, at least they will ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are protected and respected as well.”
RECENT – OHCHR
8.Zoom in, image of American Indian painting
20 SEPTEMBER 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Tauli Corpuz, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, United Nations:
“Indigenous peoples have contributed to climate change solutions by sustaining their ecosystem, they are the ones who have still more intact forests for instance. So I recommend that traditional sustainable management practices that they are doing, should be supported by states and by the international community. They shouldn’t be driven away from their forests and they should be allowed to continue these practices. Secondly, I also recommend, that they should be consulted whenever, there are projects that are being funded from climate funds.”
RECENT – OHCHR
10.Various shots, handshakes with indigenous community leaders
Climate change increases poverty levels among indigenous peoples. The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples is calling on States and other actors to obtain consent before undertaking mitigation adaptation projects.
Speaking today (20 Sep) in Geneva, Tauli Corpuz said, “Mainly, indigenous peoples mainly rely on the natural resources for their own food, for their livelihoods. So, when hurricanes, floods, droughts happen, then this increases levels of poverty amongst them.”
The UN expert on rights of indigenous Peoples, in a report, has raised concerns about the adverse effects of climate change to the rights of indigenous peoples, such as water, food, and the right to pursue economic development.
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Corpuz observed that funded projects aimed at addressing effects of climate change should be done in consultation with indigenous communities.
She said, “I am also recommending that in relation to the green climate fund there should be a safeguard mechanism and policy put in place so that when funds are used, at least they will ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples are protected and respected as well.”
The Special Rapporteur stressed the need to include existing traditional conservation in mitigation and adaptation measures.
