"We Do Not Want to Die in Silence": Indigenous People Demand Rights as Draft Climate Deal Reached | Democracy Now!

"We Do Not Want to Die in Silence": Indigenous People Demand Rights as Draft Climate Deal Reached - YouTube

Published on Dec 7, 2015 by Democracy Now!

Negotiators from 195 countries at the United Nations climate summit have approved draft text for what they hope will form an accord to curb global carbon emissions by the end of this week. Among the issues still under discussion is whether the deal will mention indigenous rights. On Sunday, indigenous people from around the world took to the waters here in Paris to defend their rights and the environment. "We’re very, very concerned about the fact that reference to indigenous rights and human rights have been moved into an annex in the Paris text," Cree activist Clayton Thomas-Muller says. "It means that they’ve been put aside to be discussed after the weekend."

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