Indigenous peoples
Nickel mining for electric vehicles is destroying lives in Indonesia
Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation
Biodiversity market takes off at COP16, in shadow of carbon credit chaos
Several new guidelines for biodiversity credits were launched at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, where activists warned on risks to nature conservation efforts
COP16 hands power to Indigenous people but fails to bridge nature finance gap
UN biodiversity summit produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on how to raise and manage funding for nature protection
Colombia to present proposal for new critical minerals pact at COP30
The aim is for minerals used in the clean energy transition to be mined and commercialised responsibly, respecting the environment and communities
Delaying the EU’s anti-deforestation law is not an option
The EU’s new deforestation law was seen as a breakthrough in the global battle against forest loss, but it’s provoking fractious debate among governments and producers
The UN can set a new course on “critical” transition minerals
A high-level panel is working to define principles for responsible mining, which will be presented to the UN General Assembly in September
Africa must reap the benefits of its energy transition minerals
In the rush to exploit minerals needed to fight climate change, African leaders should harness their natural wealth for the continent’s development
Calls for responsible mining fail to stem rights abuses linked to transition minerals
As demand grows for critical minerals used in clean energy supply chains, new data suggests more protection is needed for communities affected by their extraction
Indigenous lands feel cruel bite of green energy transition
Mining companies have been offered a path to sustainability but few are taking it – Indigenous people need to be at the table demanding change
As donors dither, Indigenous funds seek to decolonise green finance
Tired of waiting for donor dollars for climate and nature protection to trickle down, Indigenous rights groups are creating new funds to do things differently
Ecuador’s new president tries to wriggle out of oil drilling referendum
To fund a crackdown against gang violence, Ecuador’s recently elected president Daniel Noboa suggested a moratorium on a vote to ban an Amazon oil drilling project.
Germany and US warn Brazil against using Amazon Fund to pave rainforest road
The Brazilian government wants to tap forest protection funds to pave a major highway. Western donors say that goes against the fund’s rules.
Meet the Italian fugitive advising Emirati start-up Blue Carbon
Samuele Landi has been convicted for bankruptcy fraud in Italy. That was no problem for the UAE firm doing forest carbon credit deals across Africa.
Ecuadorians reject Amazon oil drilling in historic referendum
Around 60% of voters said oil reserves in the Yasuní National Park should be left in the ground in binding vote
UN climate fund suspends project in Nicaragua over human rights concerns
The Green Climate Fund suspended a $117 million forest conservation project in Nicaragua over escalating violence against indigenous people.
Pressure grows on governments and banks to stop supporting Amazon oil and gas
An upcoming summit on protecting the Amazon has become the focus of a Indigenous and civil society-led campaign to set up an exclusion zone for fossil fuels
Morocco’s centuries-old irrigation system under threat from climate change
As Morocco faces increasingly extreme temperatures, indigenous communities in the country’s southeast suffer the brunt of the climate crisis
“Green” funds destroy Indonesia’s forests – Climate Weekly
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Carbon credit rule-makers must engage Indigenous People
Indigenous people protect the forests but the organisation writing up a rule-book for high-quality carbon offsets has not adequately consulted them
Nature’s stewards under attack – Climate Weekly
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