Protect Indigenous people's rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report

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Arthur Neslen
Thu 31 Mar 2022 09.00 EDT

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Paris climate agreement goals will fail unless the rights of Indigenous people who protect rainforests are honoured, according to a new report.

Forest lands stewarded by Indigenous people and communities in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru sequester about twice as much carbon as other lands, according to the analysis.

To meet national climate goals – known as NDCs – without protecting this land would require draconian and abrupt lifestyle changes in forested countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/31/protect-indigenous-peoples-rights-or-paris-climate-goals-will-fail-says-report