In this end of the year episode of In Our Power, NDN Collective Climate Justice Organizer Kailea Frederick sits down with Nicole Yanes and Janene Yazzie who were both members of NDN Collective’s COP27 delegation. Together they reflect on what it was like to travel to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the COP and also why it is so critical that Indigenous Peoples continue to participate in the UNFCCC Process. Give this a listen if you have ever wondered: 

• What the difference is between Indigneous Peoples and Local Communities
• Why carbon markets and carbon capture technologies are dangerous for our communities and lands
• What this whole Loss and Damage Fund is really about

This is an important episode that connects the dots between COP negotiations and impacts on our communities. 

Resources: 

• COP27 cover decision
• White House Fact Sheet on COP27
• Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
• Loss and Damage Fund the Lone Success of COP27
• Facing Undeniable Calls for Climate Justice: Progress on Loss and Damage at COP27
• Direct Access Principles and Guidelines.

In Our Power is available on all Podcast platforms. 

#ClimateJustice #IIPFCC #DefendDevelopDecolonize #COP27

Camille is a kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) from O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Camille also served as a staff attorney with the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation from 2006 until 2019 after clerking for one year at the Hawaii Supreme Court.

Show notes: 

• The Navy’s ‘Superfund Six’
• Demilitarization is Decolonization 
• Links to follow our work here: 
• Kaʻohewai is the coalition of Native Hawaiian organizations organized for the permanent shutdown of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Facility - @kaohewai (instagram, twitter) 
• H.U.L.I. is Hawaii Unity and Liberation Institute which is the social justice/non-violent direct action training arm of Koʻihonua - @huli.nvda (instagram, facebook)

Building power is many things. It's going to COP26 and disrupting the status quo, it's advocating for policies that work for and benefit our people, it's LANDBACK, it's mutual aid during climate and social disasters. In this episode we hear from Indigenous and Black organizers about how they are building power for their communities in the face of the climate crisis.

This final episode of In Our Power for 2021 is a recording from a panel hosted by NDN Collective that occurred during COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. The panel includes Eriel Deranger, of Indigenous Climate Action, Colette Pichon Battle of the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, Lycia Maddocks of NDN Collective and moderated by Kailea Frederick. 

After a confusing month after COP26 , with set backs on Build Back Better and disappointing outcomes from the Glasgow Climate Pact, may this episode provide clarity for how we continue to organize and build forward.