Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival]()
![Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival]()
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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![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
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![A woman with intricate tattoos and red face paint stares directly into the camera with protest signs behind her]()
![A woman with intricate tattoos and red face paint stares directly into the camera with protest signs behind her]()
The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
A new conservation study carries important implications for global climate targets.
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Small island nations get big climate victory in international maritime court
Advocates say the ruling makes clear that complying with the Paris Agreement is not enough.
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How data gaps could put US territories like Guam and Puerto Rico at greater risk for climate change
"If folks are serious about environmental justice, they need to be serious about addressing equity issues in U.S territories."
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![Side-by-side images of the book cover for On the Swamp and the author, Ryan E. Emanuel]()
![Side-by-side images of the book cover for On the Swamp and the author, Ryan E. Emanuel]()
In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
Lumbee scientist Ryan Emanuel on seeking home, and climate justice, in "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice."
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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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![Two homes and two cars appear on a street with huge waves pounding a wall behind them.]()
![Two homes and two cars appear on a street with huge waves pounding a wall behind them.]()
As sea levels rise, the Quinalt Nation moves to higher ground
The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure.
