.VogueMagazine spoke to four Indigenous women fighting for climate justice—here's what they had to say.
spoke with four Indigenous activists fighting for climate justice. Their demands to keep fossil fuels in the ground, for Indigenous sovereignty, and for an equitable transition to renewable energy are essential to human rights, and to keep the rising temperatures from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius. If the planet warms even half a degree more, it would be a death sentence for frontline communities.Begay, she/her, is Diné and Tesuque Pueblo of New Mexico.
At COP26, the public is being fooled into thinking that net zero is a solution when in reality, carbon market models assist governments and corporations to continue business as usual. It’s our job, as climate organizers and human rights advocates, to pull the veil on these so-called solutions. The quickest way to keep the planet below a 1.5 degree Celsius warming is to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
We must have Indigenous-rights safeguards in the text of climate agreements so countries don’t abuse Indigenous rights to meet their climate action plans. There is a danger that the system will continue to do harm in the effort to reduce emissions if we don’t address the climate crisis in a way that centers justice. It’s really important to understand what COP does and what it can’t do. It can’t save the world; those are our responsibilities back home.
How can this conference suggest that they are helping create the solutions when they have handed the pen to the villains? Oil isn’t explicitly addressed at COP26 as the leading cause of the climate crisis. What does that mean for rhetoric? What does that mean for trade? What does that mean for policy? It means you get to dance around the problem. The truth is missing from this conference.
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