"But the ill-timed blackout fed an ­undercurrent of scepticism that this year's summit - dubbed "the indigenous peoples Cop" - will deliver on organisers' promise to put them front and centre at the event on the edge of the Amazon rainforest where many indigenous groups live. Indigenous peoples safeguard much of the world's biodiversity and are among those who contribute the least to climate change, yet they're disproportionately harmed by the devastation it causes."
""We're working within a mechanism and we're working within an ­institution that we know wasn't built for us," said Thalia Yarina Cachimuel, a Kichwa-Otavalo member of A Wisdom Keepers Delegation, a global group of indigenous people from around the world. "We have to work 10 times harder to ensure that our voices are a part of the space." This year's climate talks, which run until November 21, are not expected to produce an ambitious new deal."
A poorly timed blackout increased scepticism that the summit dubbed "the indigenous peoples Cop" will actually place indigenous communities at the centre. Indigenous peoples protect large shares of global biodiversity and contribute least to climate change, yet suffer disproportionate harms from its impacts. Indigenous representatives report that negotiation mechanisms and institutions were not built for them and require far greater effort for their voices to be heard. The conference is framed as an "implementation Cop" focused on executing past commitments rather than forging an ambitious new deal. Representation gaps, language and travel barriers, and token visibility remain persistent obstacles.
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