Professor Rudolph Ryser reported the content of an intervention to
the Adhoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocols (AWG-KP) summit in
Durban, South Africa, in support of the International Indigenous Peoples
Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC). His report stressed the urgency of
strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and cutting greenhouse gas emissions to
protect Indigenous Peoples, especially in Africa, who are already
suffering from the impacts of climate change.
His report warned that pressures to weaken the Kyoto Protocols could
result in at least 5 degrees warming, and could lead to the destruction
of cultures and the ecocide of territories. The intervention called for
the AWG-KP to incorporate safeguards for adaptation and mitigation
measures that are negatively impacting Indigenous Peoples. The formation
of such an Indigenous Peoples’ Expert Group under the Kyoto Protocol
must include Indigenous Peoples to be certain their rights are
protected: rights to lands, territories and resources, full and
effective participation, as well as the right to free, prior and
informed consent, in line with applicable universal human rights
instruments, including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
Professor Ryser is currently lecturing in Mexico under a Fulbright
Scholarship Grant regarding the application of traditional knowledge to
food security adaptation strategies in response to the adverse effects
of climate change.
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