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Addressee: UNFCCC, Member States
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The Permanent Forum recommends that the Framework Convention on Climate Change, in cooperation with States, provide adaptation funds to indigenous peoples affected by climate change-related disasters. Indigenous peoples whose lands have already disappeared or have become uninhabitable or spoilt due to seawater rise, floods, droughts or erosion, and who have thus become environmental refugees or displaced persons, should be provided with appropriate relocation with the support of the international community.
Responses
UNFCCC has clarified that it does not have decision-making authority in the allocation of adaptation funds and suggests that IPOs contact respective governments that are eligible to submit proposals in order to be selected as implementing or executing entities. UNFCCC also mentions that the Adaptation Fund Board is in the process of determining further operational guidelines.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 7 (2008)
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