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“Only 2% of funds go towards Indigenous people's solutions.”
This is the soundbite that we heard time and time again at CoP28 this year. We hear it all the time, even from the people with the money and the power to disperse critical funds to frontline communities and local civil society organizations.
In reality, it is even less that gets to these communities (0.13% is some calculations). The result is that some of the most effective and equitable solutions to reverse climate change are undervalued and underfunded. Forests are being destroyed, communities are being marginalized, and climate change is rapidly accelerating, causing unexpected environmental consequences.
“Salt water is now entering our waterways, it's ruining our crops, and the heat… it is becoming unbearable. The forests that were chopped down here years ago for palm oil, it is all having an impact on us. We have secured some land rights now, and we are restoring this area, but it is only a small area of what really is needed” - Pak M Yuns, Leader Seurat Dua Village.
These frontline communities are the first impacted and most vulnerable to climate events. Yet, they show remarkable resilience in the face of ecological collapse. Indigenous People and Local Community leadership, knowledge, and innovation have been critical to protecting wildlife, combatting large-scale deforestation, transitioning to just and sustainable economies, countering destructive environmental actions, and protecting some of the most carbon-rich places on our planet.
Carbon calculations were made based on analysis from the woodwell climate research center
In the world’s hottest year on record, while our leaders are failing to show courage, we are committed to directly financing community solutions, amplifying mechanisms that harness resources, redistributing them to frontline place-based organizations and communities, and spending critical funds in the most cost-effective ways.
This is the most critical decade for climate action. Later is too late.
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- Adam Miller.
