Grist reported on a new United Nations study about impacts to Indigenous Peoples from the AI technologies and infrastructure. The study, Indigenous Peoples and artificial intelligence was led by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a former chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where it was introduced this week.

Indigenous Peoples’ recommendations to strengthen IFC standards, impacts from development projects after U.S. land protection rollbacks, summary of Indigenous Peoples’ input to from Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative consultations, highlights from week one of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and more. Plus upcoming events, recently released resources, and news items of interest.

Indigenous-led organizations delivered a joint submission to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) with recommendations to strengthen Performance Standard 7 - Indigenous Peoples (PS7) and its interaction with Performance Standard 5 - Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement (PS5). “The review of PS7 and PS5 comes at a moment when IFC-financed projects are increasingly intersecting with Indigenous Peoples’ lands and territories, particularly in the context of transition minerals and strategic supply chains,” says the letter.

As flora breaks through the soil in the Northern Hemisphere, the Tallgrass Team has been around the globe. We participated in a knowledge exchange in Indonesia calling for awareness, respect, and protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation. Tallgrass is in the room moving international corporate standards towards better – from IFC investment policies, to financial institutions’ understanding of FPIC, to incremental but promising progress by global automakers.

Tallgrass Institute’s primer on the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private lending arm of the World Bank Group details Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the IFC’s sustainability framework and performance standards. Beyond lending activities, the IFC shapes how global private finance approaches environmental and social risks.

Indigenous Peoples’ rights takeaways from the Lead the Charge auto supply chain leaderboard and from the Jakarta Declaration: Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society Organizations for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation. Plus upcoming events, recently released resources, and news items of interest.

Tallgrass Institute’ presented on Green at What Cost? Human Rights and the Energy Transition by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. The discussion examined impacts on Indigenous Peoples from “green” economic development and the transition to renewable energy and energy transition technologies.

SIRGE Coalition reviewed findings in the fourth annual Lead the Charge automotive supply chain leaderboard. Indigenous Peoples’ rights remained the lowest average indicator at 9%, the largest number of evaluated companies made improvements since the leaderboard first launched in 2023, and more.

Written collectively and endorsed by 28 organizations from across the world, the Jakarta Declaration outlines a set of calls on countries, multilateral Institutions, national and international financial institutions, and global supply chains to take concrete and urgent action to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Isolation.

SIRGE Coalition’s recommendations for electric vehicle compliance with FPIC, an engagement opportunity with ConocoPhillips on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, IIPWG End-of-Year Participant Survey results, as well as upcoming events, recently released resources, and news items of interest.

Yaaku people violently evicted from Mukogodo Forest in Kenya, banks asked to uphold zero-deforestation criteria despite Amazon Soy Moratorium rollbacks, Alaska tribal consortium shares major concerns about impacts from mine approval in Canada, and more.

Tallgrass Institute’s Kate R. Finn appeared on Just Investing to discuss operationalizing FPIC as a priority for investor due diligence, banks’ pivotal role towards protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights across industries, and the critical need to respect Indigenous Peoples’ self-determination and participation in carbon credits and other nature-based schemes.

Tallgrass Institute supports the open letter and petition from Indigenous Peoples around the world to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin requesting the immediate release of Daria Egereva, a Selkup leader who was arrested in December and currently awaiting trial in a Russian jail.

EU-Mercosur trade agreement may contribute massive impacts to Indigenous Peoples’ rights, The Metals Company deep-sea mining plans threaten Asia and Pacific Indigenous coastal communities, nearly 1M hectares that connect Indigenous territories added to Bolivia protections, and more.

Tallgrass Institute provides context for Indigenous Peoples’ right to consent for the Grist article “Indigenous concerns surface as Trump calls for seabed mining in Alaskan water.”

EV automakers should integrate Indigenous Peoples' rights into their due diligence systems, scoring methodologies, procurement decisions, and supplier accountability to align with emerging best practices and mitigate material, legal, reputational, operational, and financial risks.

14 killed in massacre of pastoral Mbororo community in Cameroon, tens of thousands join Invasion Day protests across Australia, persistent health inequities and Indigenous knowledge among issues in World Health Organization's draft plan, and more