Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan…
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UN puts spotlight on attacks against Indigenous land defenders, journalists
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
Wolastoqey fisher brings the issue of criminalization of Indigenous Peoples to the United Nations
Hundreds of delegates from around the world converged on United Nations headquarters in New York…
Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools
The interim report asks for funding for searches at residential school to be continued until past 2025.
UN says e-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn’t keeping pace
U.N. agencies have warned that electrical and electronic waste is piling up worldwide while recycling…
UN reminds Canada, Manitoba they’re breaching international law by not searching landfill
A United Nations committee says Canada is obligated under international law to search a landfill for missing Indigenous women.
AFN leader pitches ‘personhood’ status for St. Lawrence River at the UN
The leader of the Assembly of First Nations in Quebec and Labrador is pushing the…
NDP MP says tar sands spill shows need for more Indigenous involvement in environmental monitoring
NDP MP Blake Desjarlais says Indigenous communities in northern Alberta have been completely let down…
Plight of Île-à-la-Crosse residential school survivors heads to UN
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) is taking the struggle for recognition of Île-à-la-Crosse residential school survivors…