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For more than 40 years, the Achuar People have advocated to stop oil development in their territory, which has ravaged large areas of the Ecuadorian Amazon. But even as they fought against fossil fuels, they too were reliant on gasoline to light their homes and power boats critical to their livelihoods. […] Now, solar power is providing a sustainable solution while reshaping their daily lives. Nia Tero is proud to directly support the Achuar in their use of solar power.

Indigenous peoples are living the change that all recent scientific reports call for; this provides a baseline for policymakers and governments at COP28.

Listen to this podcast report from New York Climate Week 2023, with takeaways from panels at Nature4Climate’s Nature Positive Hub. The podcast features Indigenous leaders, including Nia Tero's Brazil Lead, Nara Baré, and board members Vicky Tauli-Corpuz and Nemonte Nequimo.

This year, 2023, is shaping up to be the hottest year on record with floods, heatwaves and droughts affecting millions of people in countries worldwide without distinction of political system, level of wealth, or geographic localization. It is evident that the climate emergency is a global humanitarian crisis demanding collective efforts toward speeding, scaling up, and concretizing climate solutions.

Kin Theory brings musician Jeremy Dutcher and Nia Tero fellows together with KEXP at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF).

On Wednesday, September 20, Nia Tero will host a conversation at Climate Week about the vital role that Indigenous Peoples' guardianship of their territories plays in mitigating climate change.