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Nia Tero’s experience offers lessons for nonprofits and funders seeking to shift power to Indigenous Peoples. At Devex Impact House during 2026 New York Climate Week, Nia Tero leaders discussed how meaningful power shifting requires changes not only in funding, but also in who governs, participates, and decides what communities need.

This article features Nia Tero CEO ‘Aulani Wilhelm among the leaders advising the Nat Gala’s 2027 Paris event and its Wonder Women initiative, which aims to expand support for Indigenous-led organizations and help address the persistent gap in climate finance reaching Indigenous Peoples. The article also highlights Wilhelm’s leadership as Nia Tero’s first Indigenous CEO.

Indigenous Peoples have long advocated for the environment through the lens of their traditional knowledge systems and cultures. But much more work is needed to translate their presence into influence.

A new report from Nia Tero examines the factors that have limited Indigenous Peoples’ influence in global environmental decision-making.

Nia Tero released its multimedia 2025 Annual Report. The report’s theme, A Year of Braiding, explores how Nia Tero's work connects people, places, and policy to strengthen and expand Indigenous Peoples' guardianship globally.

The new multimedia digital format combines illustrative maps, video highlights, and visual storytelling, enabling readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of Nia Tero's global impact.

Fragmentation and barriers to Indigenous Peoples' access to decision making reduce the effectiveness of U.N. conventions on climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation, but can be addressed through action by nation-states, funders, and others.

Announced by the Brazilian government during COP30, the decision to complete the process of final recognition of four Indigenous territories in Brazil will provide greater environmental protection and self-determination for the original peoples of the following areas: Kaxuyana-Tunayana, Uirapuru, Manoki, and Estação Parecis Indigenous lands. The most extensive of these by far is the Kaxuyana-Tunayana land demarcation, spanning over 2.1 million hectares.