An indigenous canoe flotilla on the Seine River, launched by the Kichwa community of the Sarayaku of Ecuador, kicked off the second week of U.N. negotiations at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. Photo courtesy Allan Lissner / Indigenous Environmental Network

Kayakers demand indigenous rights in Paris climate accords
By Talli Nauman
Native Sun News
Health & Environment Editor

PARIS – Calling for inclusion of indigenous rights in global climate accords during a Dec. 6 canoe paddling event to highlight grassroots concerns, about 150 organizations signed a statement reflecting traditional Native American elders’ formal position.

The indigenous canoe flotilla on the Seine River, launched by the Kichwa community of the Sarayaku of Ecuador, kicked off the second week of U.N. negotiations at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference.

The aim of the talks between officials of nearly 200 countries is to achieve an implementation plan on a legally binding agreement to keep the earth’s atmosphere from warming more than 2°C.

During the parley, which began Nov. 30, the United States and the European Union have sidelined the language protecting the rights of indigenous peoples, but Canada has vowed to include it.

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