Indigenous climate finance and the worlding of International Relations: climate justice in motion.

Gonçalves, Veronica Korber; Ribeiro, Thais Lemos; Inoue, Cristina Yumie Aoki; Lins, Juliana

This exploratory research investigates how Indigenous Peoples (IPs) reshape International Relations (IR) and challenge established boundaries through an analysis of two Indigenous Climate Funds: the "Shandia Alliance for People, Nature and Climate" and the "Podáali Fund," both autonomously managed by indigenous communities. By examining their engagements at COP-26 and conducting interviews, this study demonstrates how IPs act as pivotal agents shaping IR through their distinct ontologies and epistemologies. The findings underscore these funds' role in broadening international perspectives, particularly in navigating tensions and fostering dialogues that redefine climate justice as an ongoing process of resistance. Ultimately, this paper contributes to re-rooting IR frameworks by centering indigenous perspectives and practices, thus exemplifying a "worlding" exercise that enriches our understanding of climate justice in motion.

CLIMATE justice; INDIGENOUS peoples; INTERNATIONAL finance; INTERNATIONAL relations; THEORY of knowledge

International Relations, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 3, p388

0047-1178

Academic Journal

10.1177/00471178241269764