Climate Global Indigenous Affairs Desk
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![a lavvu, or triangular Samí tent using canvas and poles, set up in front of a round stone building with lots of windows]()
Why Indigenous youth are gathering in Oslo to fight a green energy project
Two years after a wind farm was ruled illegal in Norway, Sámi activists are still fighting for its closure.
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Indigenous peoples are being excluded from a global pool of climate cash
The U.N. says the world is spending trillions on climate action and only a fraction is going to Indigenous communities.
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In 2022, a land defender was killed every two days
A new report finds that Indigenous peoples made up more than a third of those deaths.
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![A sign at the entrance to The Grassy Narrows First Nations Reserve.]()
Mercury pollution is worsening a mental health crisis in this Indigenous community
"Our way of life has been totally destroyed.”
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![a man in a furry hat looks out with wind turbines in the distance]()
Norway’s largest wind farm violates Indigenous rights. Why won’t authorities take action?
The nation’s largest wind farm has been deemed illegal, but it's still producing energy.
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In Brazil, the legal theory that could strip Indigenous peoples of their land
Brazil's political right wants to invalidate Indigenous land claims. A Supreme Court ruling will decide if they can.
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![Masai Men, tree]()
More Indigenous and local communities are getting land back
Here’s why that’s important for the environment.
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Brazil’s president returns 800 square miles of Indigenous Iand to its original caretakers
The move bars non-Indigenous from any economic activity in the area and prohibits mining and logging without permission.
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How changing the United Nations will help Indigenous peoples and the world
"Indigenous people have to be at the forefront of responses to climate change."
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![Members of the San Carlos Apache Nation and other activists holding signs reading]()
![Members of the San Carlos Apache Nation and other activists holding signs reading]()
San Carlos Apache take copper mine fight to United Nations
Oak flat is one of the largest copper sources in North America. It's also the San Carlos Apache Tribe's most sacred site.
