Here are their contributions:<\/span><\/p>\n The meetings were part of the Adaptation Futures conference and an international workshop organized by the Center for Indigenous Conservation and Alternative Development (CICADA) and the Mohawk Council of Kahnaw\u00e0:ke, supported by IDRC.<\/span>daptation Futures <\/span>y un taller internacional <\/span>organizado por el Centro para la Conservaci\u00f3n y el Desarrollo Alternativo Ind\u00edgena (CICADA) y el Consejo Mohawk de Kahnaw\u00e0:ke y apoyado por IDRC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The International Development Research Centre\u00a0<\/span>IDRC\u00a0<\/b>funds the project.<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span> The four-day workshop gathered over 50 Indigenous representatives, academics, non-governmental, and governmental stakeholders at McGill University in Montreal.<\/span><\/p>\n In that regard, there was an exchange with Canadian Indigenous peoples through visits to Kahnaw\u00e0:ke communities, organized by the Mohawk Council of Kahnaw\u00e0:ke and Kahnaw\u00e0:ke Tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n The main objective was to exchange knowledge and strategies for achieving climate justice from an Indigenous perspective, as well as to delve into ethical approaches to participatory action research and strengthen relationships and alliances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After the workshop, <\/span>Paredes and Garc\u00eda were present in the session <\/span>Indigenous Peoples, Climate Justice, and Participatory Action Research in the Americas: Knowledge Exchange and Building Alliances for Living Territories.<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n IDRC and CICADA arranged for, in <\/span>Adaptation Futures,<\/span> there was a space for Indigenous Peoples to engage in dialogue about common issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There was an effort to facilitate in-person dialogue among them, and the conclusions drawn sought to be linked with important figures such as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During <\/span>Adaptation Futures<\/span>,<\/span> Indigenous leaders had the opportunity to meet with Canada's Minister of the Environment, Steven Guilbeault.<\/span><\/p>\n How was the project's participation?<\/b><\/p>\n Paredes presented the project by detailing the methodology, the empirical strategy employed, presenting the research results in San Mart\u00edn, and finally, she introduced two participatory action research methods: the Indigenous Peoples' Platform for Climate Change and the Collective Mapping of Kichwa visions on the territory.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo of Indigenous leaders alongside Canada's Minister of the Environment.<\/p><\/div>\n Project objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n The main objective is to analyze the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on climate justice from their territories in Chile and Peru, and their interaction with state climate policies and actions. To influence the incorporation of these perspectives into official climate policy processes.<\/p>\n In this line, Paredes presented the subnational cases in an Amazonian region, San Mart\u00edn, and an Andean one, Arequipa. Then, the sociologist proceeded to explain the project's methodology:<\/span><\/p>\n At the national level, a thorough documentary analysis was conducted, in addition to semi-structured interviews with state actors, NGOs, and national indigenous organizations. Furthermore, a workshop will be held in the second half of 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n At the subnational level, two ethnographic case studies were conducted. In this regard, the team employed various methods, including participatory methods for information collection such as talking maps and timelines, ethnographic and semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and regional workshops for socializing and contrasting initial findings.<\/span><\/p>\n For this purpose, relationships were established with indigenous federations, ethical approval was obtained from a committee, and three field trips were conducted over the course of one year for each case. Additionally, an intercultural Kichwa field assistant was involved.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to research activities, advocacy activities are proposed, such as co-organizing events, conferences, and seminars, radio\/podcast episodes featuring indigenous leaders, dissemination documents, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Later, Paredes presented the research results of Kichwa Visions for Climate Justice in San Mart\u00edn.<\/span><\/p>\n That consisted of four points:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Regarding Action-Research, Paredes spoke about the Indigenous Peoples' Platform to confront Climate Change and the Collective Mapping of Kichwa visions on the territory in San Mart\u00edn.<\/span><\/p>\n In the first case, the project's principal investigator detailed what the PPICC is about, then explained the challenges and implications for building regional platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n In the second case, the exposition was focused on how Kichwa visions for Climate Justice serve as a legal guarantee for communal territories, providing protection against pressures from conservation and other external factors such as:<\/span><\/p>\n Logging, illegal carbon trading, migration, among others. This implies the recognition and respect of indigenous identities, countering a history of discrimination and institutional obstacles that have restricted their rights.<\/span><\/p>\n Regarding talking maps, these become a crucial political tool by integrating local perspectives of the territory, offering a response to externally imposed visions, and facilitating the management of community projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This approach has been implemented in a working process with five Kichwa communities in San Mart\u00edn.<\/span><\/p>\n Actors to combat climate injustice<\/b><\/p>\n Paredes refers to the journey as a space where significant opportunities were opened for indigenous leaders from various organizations and countries to discuss their perceptions of climate policies. The goal was to create dialogue around policies and forms of governance and their connection to the concept of climate justice.<\/span><\/p>\n At this point, it is important to emphasize that the impact of climate change occurs both through biophysical changes in ecosystems and at the level of climate policies, as sociologist Paredes asserts. For example, she mentions that communities living outside the forest are also affected, not only by intense heat but also by policies such as carbon credits, which could affect their territorial rights.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked about the event and his participation, Garc\u00eda highlights the need to recognize the climate injustice experienced by indigenous peoples in order to find concrete solutions, and thus achieve climate justice. This necessarily involves recognizing indigenous peoples as decision-makers in socio-environmental matters.<\/span><\/p>\n The Kichwa leader adds, \"It has been enriching to share with other indigenous peoples from different communities who have the same problem of territorial dispossession, carbon sales...climate injustice.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In relation to the threats he mentions, Garc\u00eda recalls the unfortunate murder of the Kichwa leader and defender Quinto Inuma, which occurred in September 2023. The search for climate justice is not achieved within the Peruvian State, a context in which alliances with other institutions fit, comments the leader.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe have had a somewhat positive response when we have gone abroad,\u201d he recalls, giving as an example the multiple attacks and threats against Inuma's life. The leader was protected by <\/span>the mechanism <\/span>of early warning<\/b> of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Minjus), but \u201cit was never made effective, that is why they murdered him,\u201d concludes Marisol Garc\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Foto](\"https:\/\/justiciaclima-ppii.pucp.edu.pe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-05-10-at-9.59.51-AM-2-300x225.jpeg\")
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