Daria Egereva Included in Wikipedia Article on the Indigenous Peoples’ Climate Forum

An English-language Wikipedia article dedicated to the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) now includes a separate section on Daria Egereva, the Forum’s co-chair, a member of the Selkup people and an Indigenous rights defender currently detained in Russia.

The section states that Egereva was detained on December 17, 2025, shortly after returning from the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil. She has been held in pre-trial detention since December 18. Russian authorities accuse her of extremism and terrorism, and she faces up to 20 years in prison. The article also notes that the Russian human rights organization Memorial has recognized Egereva as a political prisoner, while the IIPFCC has repeatedly called for her immediate release.

Egereva was elected co-chair of the IIPFCC in 2023 and represented Indigenous peoples at UN climate conferences, including COP28, COP29 and COP30.

In June 2026, at an IIPFCC meeting in Bonn held during the sessions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), members unanimously confirmed Egereva’s mandate and retained her as the Forum’s third co-chair until her full release. Despite her continued prosecution and detention in Russia, Indigenous representatives from around the world reaffirmed that she remains their legitimately elected representative. This was an unprecedented act of international solidarity, highlighting recognition of her contribution to Indigenous rights and the importance of independent Indigenous representation in international climate negotiations.

The IIPFCC is the official representative body of Indigenous peoples within the UNFCCC process. It coordinates Indigenous participation in international climate negotiations and advocates for the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and rights in global climate policy.

The inclusion of information about Egereva in a key encyclopedic article on Indigenous participation in international climate policy, alongside separate biographical articles about her in English, German and Spanish, reflects the growing international recognition of her work defending Indigenous rights and her role in the global climate justice movement.