CULTURAL SURVIVAL AT UNFCCC COP27

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Five members of our staff and an Indigenous activist partner comprised Cultural Survival’s delegation COP27 in Egypt. We organized and/or participated in five side events on topics including climate financing, the “green” energy transition and transition minerals, violence against and criminalization of Indigenous defenders, and Indigenous women-led movement building. We interviewed dozens of Indigenous leaders and delegates who shared their wisdom and solutions for climate change and reported on the negotiations and resulting decisions. We have produced videos, radio programs, and articles, and are working on a toolkit to support Indigenous communities in navigating international spaces. We also had a delegation of two staff members and a consultant at the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 in Montreal in December 2022 participating in the negotiations and reporting on outcomes.