Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

accountability issues.• UNDRIP as a guiding framework for the UNFCCC. Use REDD as astepping stone for UNDRIP to be included in the UNFCCC as a legalframework to guide the design and implementation of mitigation andadaptation processes. There are already references to UNDRIP andindigenous peoples' rights and traditional knowledge in the Adaptationsection of the negotiating text.• Call on the WB, UN, and other intergovernmental bodies toimplement their safeguard and indigenous peoples' policies andguidelines, as well as to pursue the human rights based approachto development and the ecosystem approach. The references of theFCPF and pronouncements of the FIP and the UN-REDD in relation toindigenous peoples' rights and inclusion of indigenous peoples in theREDD+ processes should be taken seriously by indigenous peoples.They should not let their guard down in terms of ensuring that thesebodies seriously adhere to the safeguard policies of the World Bank, theUNDRIP (which all UN bodies should implement), the UNDG <strong>Guide</strong>lineson Indigenous Peoples' Issues, and the UNDP Policy of Engagement withIndigenous Peoples. All UN bodies should adhere to the internationalhuman rights law when they design and implement their programs andpolicies, including REDD.• Increasing the effective participation of indigenous peoples in theUNFCCC and the establishment of more spaces for them. Strengthenspossibilities to establish spaces and mechanisms in the UNFCCCnegotiations which includes indigenous peoples' participation such as: The establishment of a Working Group on local adaptation andmitigation measures of indigenous peoples and local communities. Setting up of an Indigenous Peoples’ Fund for Climate Change witha component for funding readiness activities or capacity buildingactivities ofindigenous peoplesfor REDD. Hiring of anindigenous focalperson. Membership in thevarious Funds set upor being set up, e.g.,Adaptation Fund,LDC Fund, etc. Inclusion ingovernmentdelegations.PART V: REDD/REDD+ and Indigenous Peoples 81