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Bolivia: The Energy Transition and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Face of Critical Mineral Extraction

By MIGUEL VARGAS DELGADO FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

As attention remains focused on lithium extraction, Indigenous Ayoreo, Chiquitano, and Guarayo communities are facing a new threat to their territories: the expansion of rare earth and critical mineral mining. These projects, which are presented as essential to a so-called green energy transition, risk deepening the extractivist model. There is an urgent need to restore effective safeguards and to guarantee the implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent processes, in full respect of Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination.

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What does a just transition look like for Indigenous Peoples?

BY GALINA ANGAROVA AND YBLIN ROMÁN ESCOBAR FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

At the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, the world’s governments declared the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era, a symbolic milestone framed as a global turning point. But for Indigenous Peoples, that phrase invites a deeper question: Is this the beginning of the end of the extractive model that has long targeted their territories, or the beginning of a new and intensified pressure on the ecosystems and cultures they have safeguarded?

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Redefining Green: Outcomes and Reflections from the Summit on Indigenous Rights and the Green Economy

By Rodion Sulyandziga for Debates Indígenas

On October 8-10, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland, Indigenous delegations from all seven socio-cultural regions came together to address a fundamental question: How do we ensure the green economy does not become yet another chapter of exploitation but instead a turning point for justice? The summit went beyond voicing concerns—it focused on action, strategy and collective power. Indigenous leaders, activists and allies worked to shape a vision for a just transition that recognizes Indigenous rights, ensures meaningful participation, and confronts the economic structures driving land dispossession and resource extraction. This article presents the key outcomes of the Just Transition and Indigenous Peoples Summit—what was achieved, what remains ahead, and why this moment marks a critical shift in the global conversation.

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Nickel for Electric Vehicles threatens key forests and the last nomadic tribes in Indonesia

BY GARRY LOTULUNG FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The rapid exploitation of Indonesia's renewable energy resources raises significant concerns. The Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park has become the epicenter of nickel extraction, a mineral deemed essential by electric vehicle manufacturers. On Halmahera Island, Indigenous communities in the northern and central peninsulas are increasingly being displaced from their homes due to deforestation caused by nickel mining. This activity also threatens the daily lives and water sources of people living near the industrial area.

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‘mînawâchihiwewi-ne-wîkiwan/Healing Our Home: Buildings of the Land’

debatesBY BOHDANA CHIUPKA-INNES, FREDDIE HUPPÉ CAMPBELL, MACKENZIE ROOP AND PAULINA LARREATEGUI FOR INDIGENOUS DEBATES

The words ‘mînawâchihiwewi-ne-wîkiwan/Healing Our Home: buildings of the Land’ go far beyond a clean energy project title. They are interconnected to the Moose Cree ways of being. That means there is life in the words that extend to the energy-efficient homes being designed and built through this work. This is about creating something that is ‘of’ the land, which is a relational approach grounded in Indigenous teachings that diverges from mainstream approaches within clean energy and energy efficiency and housing sectors.

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