The ongoing COP26 – the 26th UN Climate COP, is taking place during the beginning of November 2021 in Glasgow. The summit is bringing parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Tenure Facility will be present throughout the summit, bringing forth the stories of partners who are working towards securing their ancestral territories for a more equitable and sustainable future for both people and the environment.
Join the Tenure Facility at COP26, placing Indigenous Peoples and local communities land rights at the centre of the climate change dialogues:
2/11 The Nature’s Newsroom Broadcast
Time: 1545 – 1700 GMT
Place: Blue Zone, or virtual for key guests not at COP26
The Nature’s Newsroom hosts an interview panel, featuring 3-6 experts on preventing pandemics at the source.
2/11 Actions on Forest and Land Use
Time: 0915-1300 GMT
Place: Blue Zone
The ‘Action on Forests and Land Use’ event will convene government and non-government leaders to raise ambition on forests and land use, in a way that delivers for the climate, people, economic development and biodiversity.
https://ukcop26.org/glasgow-leaders-declaration-on-forests-and-land-use/
3/11 Voices from the Forest: A Film Showcase For People and Forests.
Time: 1500-1700 GMT
Place: UNFCC Green Zone
The Environmental Investigation Agency, If Not Us Then Who and Rainforest Foundation UK, along with Kaoem Telapak and the Tenure Facility, present a showcase of short films highlighting the role local communities play in forest protection, and the urgent need to include them as partners to protect the threatened forests of the world.
https://ukcop26.org/events/voices-from-the-forest-a-film-showcase-for-people-and-forests/
4/11 Partnership or Criminalization: Implications of the 30/30 Conservation Target to Indigenous Peoples
Time: 1505-1620 GMT
Place: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion – BLUE ZONE
How to prevent the criminalization of indigenous peoples and ensure the protection and exercise of their rights in conservation efforts to reach the 30/30 Target
4/11 Community Land Scotland panel discussion
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 GMT
Place: CCA Our Village
7/11 Culture matters – protecting the protectors
Time: 1220-1400 GMT
Place: Nature Bar
7/11 Making Climate Finance Work for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Securing Safeguards and Direct Climate Financing
Time: 1515 – 1645 GMT
Place: Senate Room, Glasgow University
Join a discussion between Indigenous leaders who support a new perspective in the climate financing architecture that can directly support Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as part of the Global Landscapes Forum agenda.
7/11 Closing plenary
Time: 1815 – 1900 GMT
Place: Glasgow University
8/11 Carbon finance panel, RECOFTC
Time: TBD
Place: Glasgow University
9/11 COP 26 Ministerial Roundtable Proposal: Preventing Pandemics at the Source with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Time: 18:15 – 19: 45 GMT
Place: GEF Pavilion, Blue Zone
Humanity faces multiple existential crises including a climate emergency and increasing emergence of deadly pandemics. Global leaders, health and environment actors must join forces, for people and planet, and invest in protecting nature. Join the Preventing Pandemics roundtable to learn more.
10/11 Securing land and territorial rights of indigenous peoples and local communities for Climate Change adaptation and resilience
Time: 0900 GMT
Place: IFAD Pavilion, Blue Zone
The event – developed in the frame of the IFAD-ILC partnership Land Tenure Security for Rural Prosperity and Resilience – will hear the voices of rights-holders as it defines the roles of local communities in contributing to climate change adaptation and ecosystem’s restoration.