最新の国家評価報告書によると、植民地支配の歴史が、ニュージーランド（アオテアロア）において気候変動に起因する洪水、嵐、浸食に対するマオリの脆弱性を高めていることが明らかになった。報告書は、適応策の計画においてマオリの知識と権限をより多く取り入れるよう求めている。
今月初めに発表された2026年版国家気候変動リスク評価には、マオリのコミュニティに焦点を当てた付属報告書が含まれている。同報告書は、意思決定からの排除と長年にわたる投資不足が、国内の二つの島々で記録的な異常気象が相次ぐ中、既存の不平等を深刻化させていると指摘している。現在、気候変動に伴う災害は、マオリの集会場や埋葬地、食料採取地を脅かしており、マオリ系グループが所有する林業、農業、水産事業にも影響を及ぼしている。
Indigenous communities bear heavy climate impacts but receive almost no global funding to fight them, advocates say. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, leaders highlighted barriers in major climate funds. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres praised them as guardians of nature, yet billions pledged have largely bypassed them.
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The U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its annual meeting last week with urgent recommendations on climate action and land rights, even as it grapples with severe funding shortfalls and doubts over its influence. The two-week gathering in New York highlighted ongoing challenges for the 25-year-old body, which advises the U.N. and member states on Indigenous issues. A new internal assessment underscored the gap between its recommendations and actual implementation by governments.
Indigenous leaders at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are grappling with artificial intelligence's potential to both aid and threaten their traditional lands. While AI tools help monitor deforestation and wildfires, the data centers powering the technology consume vast resources often extracted from Indigenous territories. A new study by former forum chair Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim outlines these opportunities and risks.
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Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have found no evidence that Indigenous Hawaiians hunted native waterbirds to extinction, challenging a 50-year-old belief. The study, published in Ecosphere, attributes declines to climate change, invasive species, and land-use shifts. It highlights the role of traditional stewardship in bird conservation.