COP28: Jennifer Tauli Corpuz

"Our indigenous knowledge is very important on how to manage land and sea."

"We're not just vulnerable populations. We have a lot to offer in terms of the solutions for climate change. Our indigenous knowledge is very important on how to manage land and sea."

Global warming has had a disproportionate impact on indigenous communities, whose cultures and economies are much more closely linked to nature than those of developed countries. Despite this, Jennifer Tauli Corpus, Managing Director for Policy at Nia Tero, demonstrates that indigenous people have developed a unique, integrated approach to climate solutions, across both land and sea, that could be invaluable in tackling the challenges we face.

But while the business and financial sectors are more willing to listen to indigenous voices than before, there is still a lot more to be done to ensure that solutions do not unintentionally harm indigenous communities, and that we benefit from their experience and insight.