Climate Indigenous Affairs
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![collage of Daria Egereva on dark gray background with red lines]()
![collage of Daria Egereva on dark gray background with red lines]()
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Daria Egereva and her colleague have been jailed for six months. A growing chorus of voices wants them released at a court hearing Thursday.
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![Collage of Brooke Rollins and an aerial view of a dam]()
![Collage of Brooke Rollins and an aerial view of a dam]()
Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California dam?
Brooke Rollins’s latest culture war crusade threatens a delicate compromise between Potter Valley farmers and nearby tribes.
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![scattered branches, trash, and damaged homes in an aerial photo]()
Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year
More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.
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![United Nations general assembly hall with hundreds of representatives seated]()
In a rare show of global unity, countries adopt landmark climate ruling
Despite U.S. opposition, an overwhelming majority of nations agreed that failing to address climate change could be grounds to seek reparations.
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![Flooded bridge with mud and tree branches strewn across]()
Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds
A sweeping national climate assessment argues that exclusion from decision-making has amplified Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion.
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The Brazilian government keeps giving out mining licenses in the Amazon – in spite of evidence of gold ‘laundering’
An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity.
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![An Indigenous organization protests the Thacker Pass mine during an Earth Day event in a public park on a spring day in Reno, Nevada.]()
![An Indigenous organization protests the Thacker Pass mine during an Earth Day event in a public park on a spring day in Reno, Nevada.]()
Report: Nevada’s lithium boom comes at the expense of Indigenous rights
As demand for critical minerals surges, Indigenous leaders and Amnesty International say mining projects are advancing without tribal consent.
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Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature.
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![Kenneth Deer, a member of the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke, at the UN.]()
![Kenneth Deer, a member of the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke, at the UN.]()
Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
At the U.N., global leaders say governments must stop talking and start implementing protections they adopted.
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![digital collage with photos of an AI data center and a woman wearing glasses and a head scarf, with red, yellow, and white rectangles]()
![digital collage with photos of an AI data center and a woman wearing glasses and a head scarf, with red, yellow, and white rectangles]()
AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn
While AI helps monitor deforestation and illegal mining, data centers powering the technology are claiming water, energy, and minerals from Indigenous lands.
