ienearth.org - Indigenous Environmental Network | Respecting and Adhering to Indigenous Knowledge and Natural Law

Description: The Indigenous Environmental Network is an alliance of grassroots Indigenous Peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining, and respecting traditional teachings and natural laws.

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UN False Solutions and inadequate climate action seriously affects the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples and their right to territorial and human health. False solutions like carbon markets, nature-based solutions, and geoengineering techno-fixes provide a cover for fossil fuel corporations to continue to pollute, extract, and exert violence against Indigenous Peoples, Mother Earth, and Father Sky.

In many Indigenous cultures, responsibility and stewardship of water is an almost exclusive role of women. Water is a critical life source, sustaining Indigenous cultures, foods, medicines, and economies. Listen to this discussion about the responsibilities and relationships Indigenous women have with water and how they are protecting territorial health.

We must restructure our social and economic system s, replacing the business as usual, fossil-fueled, extractive, throwaway economy with one that protects people and the environment. However, in a time of climate crisis, Oil Majors reported record earnings in 2022 with many breaking industry records.64 This pattern will continue as long as greenwashed climate change policies support it.

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