LAND RIGHTS AT UNFCCC COP31
Why land rights matter for climate, biodiversity, and desertification
Understanding land rights in the Rio Conventions
This technical guide examines how land rights are addressed within the Rio Conventions and their respective instruments, identifies policy gaps, and proposes improvements for future policy integration. It emphasises secure land tenure as an essential, just and effective element of the Rio Conventions for both people and the planet.
Read the guide
What we are asking
We welcome the growing recognition across the Rio Conventions that secure land tenure and community-led data are key to tackling land degradation, biodiversity loss and the climate crisis. Yet under the UNFCCC, land rights still remain at the margins of climate policy. This must change.
This must change.
What's at stake
ILC AND MEMBER EVENTS
9 November
12:30H | Indigenous Peoples
SIRGE: Indigenous Peoples at the Triple Convergence of Mineral Demand for Energy Transition, Artificial Intelligence and Militarization
Location: Blue Zone, IP Pavillion
10 November
13:15H | Human rights
Reducing human rights risks for communities in the context of Article 6
Location: Blue Zone, Room 4
Co-organisers:
11 November
13:15H | Human rights
Closing the Gap: a call for recognition, participation, and protection of environmental human rights defenders in climate action
Location: Blue Zone, Room 9
Co-organisers: Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED), Center for Environmental Concerns - Philippines, Civicus, Global Witness, International Federation for Human Rights, ICNL, Natural Justice, OHCHR, ECNL, ALLIED, Asuntos del Sur - KALLIES, Amnesty International, Global Citizen
12 November
15:55H | Energy Transition
Rights, Resources, and Renewables: The Territorial Footprint of the Energy Transition
Location: IP Pavillion
Co-organisers: IPRI, LandMark, LandMatrix
15:00H | Indigenous Peoples
Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels: Indigenous Peoples Shaping a Just Transition
Location: Blue Zone, Room 4
Co-organisers: Climate Alliance Austria, Earthworks, Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), Instituto de Ecología y Antropología de Acción (INFOE)
16:00H | Pastoralism
Mobility By Design - Pastoralist Mobility as a Resourced Climate
Adaptation Strategy
Location: IOM Pavillion
Co-organisers: IMPACT Kenya
16 November
12:15H | Pastoralism, Indigenous People
Recognizing the Value of Indigenous African Pastoralist Women
Location: IP Pavillion
Co-organisers: Tin Hanan
17 November
15H | Women's land rights
People-Centered Land Governance: Securing Women's Land Rights for Climate and Economic Resilience
Location: Blue Zone, Room 3
Co-organisers: International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Landesa, the Stand for Her Land Campaign, the Global Land Alliance and World Rural Forum, the Forest Climate and Leader’s Partnership, Earth Insight
13:20H | Biodiversity
Knowledge and Practices for Biodiversity and Climate Adaptation
Location: IP Pavillion
Co-organisers: Impact KENYA
18 November
11:30H | Food systems
Women and Youth Leading Climate Action Through Transforming Our Food Systems
Location: Blue Zone, room 3
Organisers: Fundación Barranquilla+20, YPARD, IAAS, (ONAMIAP) YOUNGO
