For Immediate Release 

A'uwẽ-Xavante leaders travel 9,000 kilometers from the Brazilian Cerrado to the United Nations in Geneva to ask the question behind the "green" energy boom: who pays for the world's clean transition?

GENEVA, Switzerland (July 9, 2026) — Among the A'uwẽ-Xavante people of Brazil, dreams are not metaphors. They are how knowledge travels: Elders receive songs, ceremonies, and guidance for their communities while they sleep. To dream, the Xavante say, they need their territory whole.

By Pablo Xol (Maya Q'eqchi', CS Staff)

By Anonymous Journalism Fellow from Indonesia 

On May 28 and 29, 2026, in commemoration of Indonesia’s Anti-Mining Day, a coalition of local residents and environmental activists staged silent demonstrations across several strategic locations in Weda Bay, North Maluku. The protesters called for an immediate halt to the rapid and aggressive expansion of the nickel industry in the region.

By Damaris Lenantare (Rendille, CS Journalism Fellow)

In Marsabit’s vast Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL), a land of great beauty, a quiet crisis is unfolding in Kenya. Repeated failed rainy seasons are pushing Indigenous pastoralist communities to the limits of their resilience.

By Emily Pahuamba (CS Intern)

By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)

By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)

By Angel Yraê Ferreira (Payayá, CS Intern)

By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)