Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![a colorful island with bright orange mining quarry]()
![a colorful island with bright orange mining quarry]()
Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
Their message isn't new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.
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![Digital collage of green silhouette of state of Illinois with the seal of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on top]()
![Digital collage of green silhouette of state of Illinois with the seal of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on top]()
Acre by acre, the Prairie Band Potawatomi bought back their land
After almost two centuries, the Indigenous nation is reestablishing the only reservation in Illinois.
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![A group of people in Gaktis and with fists held high yell together as part of a chanting growd]()
![A group of people in Gaktis and with fists held high yell together as part of a chanting growd]()
Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting
COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it's too late.
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![A sign with graffiti says protect Tohono O'odham]()
![A sign with graffiti says protect Tohono O'odham]()
A gigantic green energy transmission project will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest
After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help.
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![A group of people in front of a building. Many of the people are in traditional Indigenous outfits.]()
![A group of people in front of a building. Many of the people are in traditional Indigenous outfits.]()
At UN conference, Indigenous peoples say little has changed after promises made a decade ago
Now, climate change is adding urgency to those pledges.
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![A person in a red baseball cap and draped in a red traditional Maasai cloth walks in the middle of a city street as white clouds of gas billow around him]()
![A person in a red baseball cap and draped in a red traditional Maasai cloth walks in the middle of a city street as white clouds of gas billow around him]()
UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
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![Collage of two people holding hands with a laurel wreath in the background]()
Your guide to the 2024 UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
This year’s gathering of global Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers puts a spotlight on youth.
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![An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline at Michagan's Mackinaw City pump station sits in 2016.]()
![An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline at Michagan's Mackinaw City pump station sits in 2016.]()
DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands
But the agency stopped short of telling the company to move.
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![A man sits on a solar panel next to Indigenous teepees.]()
![A man sits on a solar panel next to Indigenous teepees.]()
For a just transition to green energy, tribes need more than money
Advice from an Indigenous researcher: "To go fast, start slow."
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![Man in yellow jacket and yellow hard hat hits earth wtih ax during fire]()
![Man in yellow jacket and yellow hard hat hits earth wtih ax during fire]()
Water from arsenic-laced wells could protect the Pine Ridge reservation from wildfires
“We’re looking to deal with extended drought and the increasing intensity of wildfires.”
