Nouvelles + Blogue
Indigenous Youth call to Fix Article 6: Indigenous rights are essential
Indigneous Youth participating at the COP25 in Madrid, Spain present concerns of Article 6 with Singers, Prayers, & Speakers
Communiqué de presse d'ouverture de l'IIPFCC : Veuillez diffuser
Alors que les gouvernements provinciaux du monde entier ouvrent la 25e Conférence des Parties (COP25), les représentants des peuples autochtones Rapa Nui et Mapuche du Chili ont prononcé la déclaration d'ouverture du Caucus des peuples autochtones. Cette déclaration a été élaborée par des représentants autochtones des sept régions socioculturelles du monde.
Reject the Teck Frontier Mine
The Teck Frontier is the largest open-pit tar sands mine ever proposed. If built, the Mine would be on Dene & Cree territory in Treaty No. 8 in an area with little to no industrial development.
Resist the TransMountain Pipeline
Even with the knowledge that the pipeline has the same impact as putting 7 million new cars on Canada’s roads, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to spend at least $4.5 billion in taxpayer money to buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline, pledging to put shovels in the ground as soon as possible.
Exposing Canada @ COP25
In Canada, the translation is simple: any expansion of the fossil fuel industry -- whether it’s via increasing tar sands extraction in Alberta, fracking LNG in BC, or offshore oil drilling in Nova Scotia -- is fundamentally in conflict with securing a safe climate.
WEBINAR: Indigenous Peoples & UN Climate Negotiations
Tune into Eriel Deranger, Executive Director with Indigenous Climate Action as she hosts Andrea Carmen with International Indian Treaty Council, Graeme Reed with Assembly of First Nations, and Janene Yazzie with International Indian Treaty Council to discuss the opportunities and challenges of asserting Indigenous Rights within International Climate Change Conversations.
ICA calls for rejection of Teck Frontier Mine in Treaty No. 8 territory
On Friday, November 22nd Indigenous Climate Action hosted a press conference in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Edmonton on Treaty No. 6, with numerous local groups to call for the rejection of what would be the largest-ever open-pit tar sands mine: the Teck Frontier Mine.
World Indigenous Peoples Present Climate at UNSG Climate Action Summit
The International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) met in New York City at the United Nations before the UNSG Climate Action Summit to finalize the Indigenous Peoples commitments on climate action.
"Stepping in the shoes of the pathways laid down by our ancestors"
ICA sat down with India Logan-Riley from Te Are What during the RedTide Climate Action Summit and Youth Conference in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She discussed the importance of young Indigenous People being involved in climate conversations in order to find climate solutions.
Freda Huson Of The Unist’ot’en Addressing The UNPFIII
Freda Huson's address tot the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Toxics visit to Canada - Briefing Webinar
Indigenous Peoples around the world are exposed to hundreds of toxic and otherwise hazardous substances. From May 24-June 5, the United Nations Special Rapporteur will be conducting a country visit to Canada to hear our stories about toxics contamination. Learn how you can participate.
United Nations Special Rapporteur On Toxics Visit To Canada | Briefing Webinar
Indigenous Peoples around the world are exposed to hundreds of toxic and otherwise hazardous substances. The exposure of Mother Earth to toxic substances from a multitude of sources must be understood through the lens the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Thriving Women and Girls: Socio-Cultural Empowerment Strategies
A special Parallel Event of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples at the 2019 UN Commission on the Status of Women. This dialogue features all Indigenous women presenters.
Apply to the Indigenous Feminist Organizing School!!! (Deadline: Midnight March 6, 2019)
The Feminist Organizing School (FOS), led by the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), is a unique opportunity for allied social justice forces to work together to demystify the concept of feminisms and explore their existing organizing work through a gender lens.
Apply Today to Join the Youth Leaders Forum
The Youth Leaders Forum is looking for Indigenous youth to join their program and learn how to make a contribution in accelerating our transition to a clean-energy future.
Les groupes autochtones, les groupes communautaires de première ligne et les leaders climatiques dénoncent l'écoblanchiment au Sommet sur le climat
Dans une lettre ouverte à Brown, les communautés les plus touchées par les changements climatiques réclament des solutions concrètes, humaines et respectueuses de l'environnement.
Teaching My Sons That Water Is Life
This was a special summer for me as a dad. For the first time I took my sons, Felix and Jaxson, on that classic TransCanada road trip so many of us did when we were young.