Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

3. The Annex 1 countries should implement their commitments tothe Kyoto Protocol. The fast-industrializing developing countriesshould also undertake serious efforts to cut their emissions anddevelop low-carbon energy systems. The international communityshould take serious measures to mitigate climate change.4. COP15 of the UNFCCC should support a binding emissionsreduction target for developed countries (Annex 1) of at least 45%below 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 95% by 2050.5. The social dimension of climate change needs to be considered,so that the social and cultural impacts on indigenous peoples,including indigenous women, are more visible.6. Threats to indigenous peoples’ human rights caused by mitigationmeasures being undertaken under the Kyoto Protocol should beaddressed.7. UN member states should assist indigenous peoples of the worldwith their adaptations to the increasingly negative impacts ofclimate change, while at the same time continuing, in parallel, towork on mitigation measures.8. Indigenous peoples’ past, present and future contributions tomitigation should be recognized and incentives to enhanceindigenous peoples’ capacities to further contribute to mitigationshould be promoted.9. Mitigation measures of indigenous peoples should be includedin the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) processes inundertaking Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).10. All initiatives under REDD must secure the recognition andimplementation of the rights of indigenous peoples, includingsecurity of land tenure, recognition of land title according totraditional ways, uses and customary laws and the multiplebenefits of forests for climate, ecosystems, and peoples beforetaking any action.11. The Arctic region, because it is an early indicator of climatechange for the rest of the world and because its coastalindigenous peoples are at this time particularly vulnerable, shouldbe designated as a special climate change focal point.12. The perpetuation of highly centralized, fossil-fuel-based energysupplies should be challenged.13. The support of the World Bank and other multilateral andbilateral financial institutions for fossil-based energy projects andlarge-scale hydropower dams is greater than their support forrenewable and decentralized systems. The recommendations andproposals by indigenous peoples on the FCPF and other carbonPART IX: Ways Forward: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples... 147