By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)

By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)

By Bryan Bixcul (Maya-Tz’utujil), SIRGE Coalition Global Coordinator

By CS Staff

By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois)

Photos by Julien Defourny

By Mariana Kiimi Ortiz Flores (Ñuu Savi/Mixteca, CS Staff)​

By Elisa Ribeiro (CS Intern), Daniela Mostacilla (Nasa), and John Sabogal

By Edson Krenak (Krenak, CS Staff)

Indigenous Peoples represent one of the most significant multilateral and democratic contributions to climate and land issues, as they are the frontliners of the climate crisis, leaders in ecosystem protection, legal land tenure, and sustainable development. However, at the COP, they struggled to be heard. 

By CS Staff

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)

Indigenous Peoples’ collective closing statement at COP30, delivered by Diana Chavez Vargas of Ecuador.

Thank you, Chair,

The Amazon, our home is the next global oil frontier.

Indigenous Peoples are under attack.

We face colonial militarization of our territories, where states and corporations trade our lives for fossil fuels, transition minerals, and large-scale renewables.

We stand in solidarity with our Amazonian relatives and condemn the killing of land defenders. This was mirrored by the heavy militarization of this COP.