Ms. Joan Carling
TEBTEBBA (Indigenous Peoples Major Group)
Joan Carling is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera, Philippines. She has been working on indigenous issues at the grassroots to international levels for more than 20 years. Her field of expertise includes indigenous peoples rights, women and human rights, sustainable development, environment, and climate change, she served as the Secretary General of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)-- a coalition of 50 indigenous organizations across Asia, from 2008 to 2016. Ms. Carling was an expert- member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFii) for 2014-16. She is currently the co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group (IPMG) for Sustainable Development and works directly with indigenous organizations and networks across the globe for the promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights, and their contributions and aspirations for sustainable development. Aside from coordinating the engagement of indigenous peoples to SDG processes and the preparation of position papers, briefing papers and reports, she is actively coordinating the initiative if the IPMG on the Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples. More information on her work and the IPMG can be found at www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org