Climate Global Indigenous Affairs Desk
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Nearly 200 people were killed last year protecting the environment
Most were Black or Indigenous.
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Thawing Alaskan permafrost is unleashing more mercury, confirming scientists’ worst fears
"It has that sense of a bomb that's going to go off."
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Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
The distinction is given to people who are incarcerated for their politics, religion, or ethnicity, as well as other personal and protected statuses.
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![Kaliko smiles wearing a lei on a sunny day outside Iolani Palace in Honolulu.]()
![Kaliko smiles wearing a lei on a sunny day outside Iolani Palace in Honolulu.]()
Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here’s why they’re suing.
"If I don't do it, who will?"
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The green transition will make things worse for the Indigenous world
A new study warns that the push for renewable energy could exacerbate socioeconomic disparities among Indigenous communities.
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![Dozens gather to protest deep-sea mining in Hawaii in December 2023.]()
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How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
As the U.N. weighs ocean floor mining, Hawai'i just banned the practice.
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A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.
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Nations need to do more to defend Indigenous rights, UN report says
The U.N. also calls for stronger safeguards against exploitative green transition projects.
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![Murrawah Maroochy Johnson poses for a portrait in Australia after receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize.]()
![Murrawah Maroochy Johnson poses for a portrait in Australia after receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize.]()
How an Aboriginal woman fought a coal company and won
Goldman Prize Winner Murrawah Maroochy Johnson talks climate justice and inheriting a legacy of Indigenous resistance.
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The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
A new conservation study carries important implications for global climate targets.
