Updates from Dazzle Labapis

Photo courtesy of Kaianaku Kamaiura

NTFP-EP and partners participated in-person and online during the 12th Meeting of the Local Community and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) Facilitative Working Group (FWG). The meeting was organized in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of the pre-sessional meetings for the UNFCCC COP29.

The Facilitative Working Group (FWG) of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) was established at COP 24 in Katowice in December 2018. Its main goal is to put the LCIPP into action and support its three essential functions: improving knowledge, enhancing engagement capabilities, and promoting climate change policies and actions. The FWG collaborates with various organizations within and outside the Convention to ensure a unified approach to the Platform’s efforts. The UNFCCC secretariat plays a key role in supporting and facilitating the FWG’s activities.

Among the agenda items discussed during the 12th Meeting are the following:

• FWG provided updates on the membership changes and membership transitions. The FWG members also presented the progress and decisions made during the FWG 11. 
• In addition, small group discussions were organized for participants to contribute and provide their reflections on how the 2022-2024 LCIPP workplan implementation has facilitated the regional exchange of experiences, perspectives, and expertise of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and how the activities can be enhanced to expand its impact and reach.
• The FWG also presented the draft 2025-2027 LCIPP workplan and provided opportunities for the participant to provide inputs and recommendations.

Photo courtesy of Kaianaku Kamaiura

The 13th FWG Meeting will continue in Bonn, Germany, on June 2025, right before the UNFCCC SB61.

You can learn more about the work of the FWG LCIPP here: The 12th meeting of the Facilitative Working Group (FWG 12) | Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform

You can watch the recordings of meeting (open to public viewing), please visit this link: UNFCCC