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climate legislation, policies and plans frequently exclude Indigenous Peoples and
their rights, in violation of the Declaration.
12. The Permanent Forum takes note of practices shared by Member States,
including the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy (2024–2030) in Australia, the
Indigenous Guardians programme in Canada and structured dialogue with Indigenous
Peoples and the Tropical Forest Forever Facility led by Brazil.
Recommendations for Member States
13. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States, by no later than 2027, to give
full consideration to the advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice and
the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on climate change when reviewing
national climate frameworks, aligning them with the Declaration, and ensuring the
full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, including women and youth, in
climate decision‑making, implementation and monitoring, and to report on progress
to the Forum at its twenty‑sixth session.
14. The Permanent Forum welcomes the United Arab Emirates just transition work
programme which recognizes that all just transition pathways should respect and
promote the internationally recognized collective and individual rights of Indigenous
Peoples, including rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed consent.
The Forum calls upon States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, by the end of 2027, to reflect it in binding national frameworks
operationalizing free, prior and informed consent in all just transition pathways,
including transition minerals, renewable energy and biofuels, and to report on
progress to the Forum at its twenty-sixth session.
15. The Permanent Forum commends Ecuador for its openness in engaging with the
Forum and takes note of its willingness to continue complying with the rulings of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Forum reiterates its recommendation to
Ecuador to implement the rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of
2012 regarding the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, and of 2025 regarding the Tagaeri
and Taromenane peoples. The Forum invites Ecuador to report on the progress made
in relation to the implementation of these rulings and other positive developments at
its twenty‑sixth session.
16. The Permanent Forum calls upon Member States, by 2027, to legally designate
territories of Indigenous Peoples in isolation, voluntary isolation and initial contact
as exclusion zones; suspend fast‑tracked critical minerals projects in their territories
pending Indigenous‑led impact assessments; implement existing court decisions and
treaty obligations; halt all projects lacking free, prior and informed consent; legally
recognize and protect their rights to lands, territories and resources; and establish
effective protection mechanisms to guarantee the safety of Indigenous Peoples,
including Indigenous leaders and Indigenous human rights defenders, with annual
reporting to the Permanent Forum.
Recommendations for United Nations entities
17. The Permanent Forum welcomes the Political Declaration of the Indigenous
Peoples of the Amazon Basin and All Biomes of Brazil for the thirtieth session of the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change and recommends that Member States in the Amazon Basin and United Nations
entities, by 2026, explicitly integrate its principles into national and United Nations
climate action plans. The Forum calls upon United Nations entities to require free,
prior and informed consent as a mandatory condition for all just transition
programmes; to establish, by 2027, monitoring frameworks assessing impacts on
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