We can't do our work without you!

Thanks to your generous support this year, we held the First Meeting on the Impact and Risks of Climate Change in Bogotá, Colombia!

Your support made this exchange possible, uniting Indigenous leaders from across Latin America to share ancestral knowledge and climate solutions. 

Climate change is accelerating worldwide, and Indigenous communities are among the first to experience its impacts and risks. Thanks to your support, Indigenous leaders came together to create a vibrant space for dialogue and exchange—sharing experiences and learning more about the risks of climate change in their territories. Through these conversations, participants discovered that while they face common challenges such as water scarcity, biodiversity loss, deforestation, and extreme weather events, each community’s experience is shaped by its own unique environmental, social, and political context. Together, they exchanged solutions—reviving ancestral practices and creating new strategies for climate resilience.

“We didn't expect an event like this, a meeting with our own people. We met people who speak from the heart, with whom we share values and feelings, the desire to move forward. Although our territories are a little different, there are similarities. We not only share the misfortunes but also the solutions.”

This exchange also highlighted the power of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in addressing climate change. Communities are reclaiming and strengthening these practices through agroforestry, recovering the use of the lunar calendar during planting, community-led water conservation, and seed saving. 

Your generosity helped reaffirm a vital truth: Indigenous communities are innovators of sustainable and culturally rooted climate solutions—and your partnership makes this work possible.
 

As we look ahead to #GivingTuesday on December 2, we hope you’ll take a moment to reflect on the impact you’ve already made—and the change we can create together in the year ahead!

Thank you for walking alongside us on this journey!

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