Participants:
President Zoellick delivered the opening remarks and participants included: - Eight Indigenous Peoples Representatives from around the world
- Ms. Rebecca Adamson, President and Founder, First Peoples Worldwide
Description:
The World Bank and First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) held a Roundtable discussion to present the Indigenous Peoples Climate Action Fund (IPCAF). The IPCAF will be managed by FPW, and it will provide direct financing to selected indigenous communities around the world aimed at documenting indigenous responses (both mitigation and adaptation) to climate change and engaging in local, national and international climate change dialogue. The Fund is innovative insofar that it engages directly with IP organizations and communities, and seeks their perspectives on this pressing issue. Indigenous Peoples (IP) account for approximately 300 million people. Traditional Indigenous Peoples livelihoods are typically low-carbon or carbon-neutral. Indigenous Peoples play a fundamental role in the conservation and protection of forests and biological diversity. They protect 22% of the Earth’s surface, 80% of the remaining biodiversity, and 90% of cultural diversity on the planet. Indigenous Peoples are custodians of natural resources critical for carbon sequestration Indigenous Peoples have the smallest ecological footprint and yet are the most severely affected by the adverse effects of climate change due to their dependence upon and close relationship with the environment and its resources. Agenda: | 8:30-9:30 | Registration and Breakfast | Opening Session: Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and Climate Change
Chair: Cyprian Fisiy, Director, Social Development Department, The World Bank | | 9:30-9:40 | Opening Remarks
Mr. Robert B. Zoellick
President of the World Bank | | 9:40-9:55 | Welcome and Remarks
Dr. Robert Watson
Former Director of the Nobel-Prize winning Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
Ms. Rebecca Adamson
President and Founder, First Peoples Worldwide (Indigenous Affiliation: Deer Clan Eastern Cherokee) | | 9:55-10:25 | Indigenous Peoples Poverty and Development (video, remarks, and Q&A)
Mr. Harry Patrinos, Lead Education Economist, HDNED, World Bank
Discussant: Greg Ch’ocÂ
Executive Director, Sarstoon-Temash Institute of Indigenous Management (Indigenous Affiliation: Q'eqchi' Maya, Belize) | | 10:25-11:05 | Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples (video, remarks and Q&A)
Mr. Ramiro Batzin
President of Sotz’il
The Mayan Investigation and Planning Center (Indigenous Affiliation: Maya Kaqchikel, Guatemala)
Discussant: Ms. Mary Simat
Executive Director, Maasai Women for Education and Economic Development
(Indigenous Affiliation: Maasai, Kenya) | | 11:05-11:15 | Coffee Break | | 11:15-11:55 | IPs Traditional Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Change (video, remarks and Q&A)
Mr. Nicolas Gorjestani
Senior Adviser, Africa Region, World Bank,
Director of the Global Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation Partnership's Secretariat
Discussant: Mr. Dennis MartinezÂ
Chair, Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network
(Indigenous Affiliation: O’odham, Chicano, USA) | | 11:55-12:40 | Strategy and IPCAF
Ms. Rebecca Adamson
President and Founder, First Peoples Worldwide
Discussant: Mr. Joeli Veitayaki
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Division of Marine Studies at the School of Islands and Oceans at the University of the South Pacific (USP). (Indigenous Affiliation: Indigenous Fijian, Island of Gau, Fiji) | | 12:40-13:40 | Buffet Lunch | | 13:40-14:10 | IPCAF: Proposed Goals and Objectives,
Program Design, Structure and Implementation
Mr. Juan Carlos Bonilla, Consultant
First Peoples Worldwide | | 14:10-15:10 | Open Discussion: IPCAF
All participants | | Mapping the Way Forward: Next Steps and Closing Remarks | | 15:10-15:40 | Mapping the Way Forward:
Defining an Agenda for Implementation and Setting Goals
All participants
Chair: Ms .Rebecca Adamson
First Peoples Worldwide | | 15:40-16:00 | Closing Remarks
Chair: Mr. Cyprian Fisiy Director
Social Development Department, World Bank | | 16:00-16:45 | Light Refreshment | Download:
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