Eight actions to put First Nations at the centre of the clean energy transition.

A must-read from Karrina Nolan and Jonathan Kneebone from the First Nations Clean Energy Network.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/eight-actions-to-put-first-nations-at-the-centre-of-the-clean-energy-transition/

#firstnations #aboriginal #energy #transformation #energytransition #australia #solar #renewables #wind #government #FPIC #law #investment #finance #banks #esg

"The U.S. military is building a new base on #Okinawa that marine experts and the Okinawa prefectural government say could threaten marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and thousands of marine species, desecrate Ryukyuan ancestor remains, and bring even more pollution and contamination. This week, a group of #Ryukyu Uchinaanchus is at the United Nations Permanent Forum on #Indigenous Issues calling for urgent intervention."

#UN #UNPFII #FPIC #Japan

https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/indigenous-ryukyuans-say-its-time-for-u-s-military-to-leave-okinawa/

One of my favorite news stories this week was just published five minutes ago, so you get to be among the first to read it.

My former HCN colleague Sarah Sax reports on why Indigenous leaders are telling the UN that FREE PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (instead of fake "consultation" with tribes) should be legally binding, especially when it comes to developing green energy.

👀 👇 #Newstodon #GreenColonialism #RenewableEnergy #ClimateChange #conservation #UN #UNDRIP #FPIC

https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-politics-free-prior-and-informed-consent-is-more-than-just-a-checklist

RT @RightsinDevt
How can #IndigenousPeoples exercise their right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, in the context of #mining activities that are violating their rights and destroying their territories?

Check this great toolkit by @aippnet 👇https://aippnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AIPP-Handbook-on-Extractive-Industries-and-FPIC-of-Indigenous-Peoples_web.pdf

#ResourceOfTheWeek #FPIC

Global News BC: Wet’suwet’en land defenders apply for charges to be stayed, alleging Charter violations https://globalnews.ca/news/9523054/wetsuweten-land-defenders-apply-charges-stayed/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Gidimt'enCheckpoint #CoastalGasLink #FirstNations #Wet'suwet'en #Pipeline #Canada #UNDRIP #C-IRG #FPIC #RCMP

Happy #Sámi National Day! Norwegian govt must respect Supreme Court which found the license for #Fosen wind farms were invalid because they violate Sámi #ReindeerHerding cultural way of life
#FPIC
#IndigenousRights
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1313324095877936

RT @Tapol_UK@twitter.com

Recommendations:

Stop New permits

Promote #FPIC (consent)

Withdraw #military from #WestPapua

Complete military #reforms

Recognise #indigenous #landrights

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Tapol_UK/status/1617815647077175301

RT @CorpWatch@twitter.com

Protestors block entrance to Glorious Mining Company sand extraction operations in Du-Wolee township, Liberia. “We are stopping them because there is no understanding between them and us."

#FPIC

https://buff.ly/3Ht59gb

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CorpWatch/status/1617961698220015631

“By allowing Coastal GasLink to continue construction on the traditional, unceded territories of the Wet’suwet’en without their free, prior and informed consent, the governments of Canada and British Columbia are not only contravening the spirit of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, ...

@Songstress28

#Delgamuukw #IndigenousRights #UNDRIP #FPIC #LandBack

https://ricochet.media/en/3919/healing-from-trauma-in-wetsuweten

RT @LBurnelius@twitter.com

Urfolk bedömning av vad ekosystem tål måste väga tyngst. När Sveaskog respekterar samernas RÄTT till att säga nej till intrång, tar de även steg i linje med Sveriges internationella åtaganden gällande klimat & biologisk mångfald.
#FPIC #standwithSápmi
https://www.dn.se/sverige/sveaskog-om-kraftigt-minskade-avverkningar-vi-beklagar

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LBurnelius/status/1612878120545095701

RT @LBurnelius@twitter.com

The Swedish government showing its true colours in this note sent to the EU regarding the Deforestation Regulation! Sweden is blocking indigenous people RIGHT to “Free, Prior & Informed Concent in the law!
#FPIC #IPCC

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LBurnelius/status/1594765944026431495