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The conversation around direct financing for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities has moved beyond commitments. We invite you to explore two new publications that capture these lessons and contribute to the growing movement for direct territorial funding.

From Promises to Implementation 2026: Turning Commitments Into Action. Read our 2026 Strategic Plan, co-created in Panama in February 2026.

Launched during London Climate Action Week, the report draws on the experiences of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities women and territorial funds across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to identify barriers and solutions for advancing gender-responsive direct funding.

The Indigenous Peoples communities of Balla, Bittuang, Pali, and Se’seng in Bittuang Subdistrict, Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi (Indonesia) are facing a serious threat to their ancestral lands. The project has moved forward without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of the Indigenous Peoples who have governed and protected these territories for generations.

At the Shandia Forum 2025 during COP30 in Belém, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities launched The Peoples’ Pledge, a global commitment to ensure that climate finance and policies directly reach their territories—building on international announcements to protect 160 million hectares of land and mobilize $1.8 billion for climate action.

We at the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities endorse the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) Concept Note 3.0 as a direct result of the collective struggle of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for fair and direct access to climate finance resources. Read our full statement here.

The Indigenous Women’s movement has transcended borders and established itself as a global force for resistance and transformation. From this articulation emerged the Indigenous Women’s Letter to the World, a historic document that brings together our voices, struggles, and demands.

2025 must be the year where promises become reality.
Where territorial rights are protected.
Where funding flows directly to our communities.

As the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC), we reaffirm our commitment to a territorial agenda built from the ground up, governed by our territorial authorities and oriented towards the wellbeing of our peoples.

APIB’s 20th anniversary at ATL 2025 set the tone for indigenous leadership on climate action, with the launch of an Indigenous NDC, international coordination toward COP30 and powerful mobilizations.

As we face growing pressures from oil, monoculture, mining, and other extractive industries, the climate crisis is intensifying, especially in indigenous and local community territories. Every day, indigenous and community leaders put their lives at risk to protect their lands and to denounce land grabbing and human rights violations. The degradation of our ecosystems and the destruction of biodiversity severely threaten our culture, our access to food and water, and our very lives. In response to these escalating challenges, we are proud to present our strategic plan for 2024 and 2025.

Indigenous Peoples of Brazil met with over a dozen of Brasilia’s  ambassadors to call on governments to support their agenda towards COP30 with swift action to stop deforestation and violence in indigenous lands.

Indigenous land titling in Brazil has fallen behind as president Lula had promised to complete 14 processes in his first 100 days of government, but had only titled 10 in over a year in power. 

As UN negotiators debate how to invest trillions, experiences and evidence presented at Dubai event suggest funds channeled through third parties ‘evaporate’ before reaching communities shown to excel in restoring forests and preventing deforestation.

This is a story of the peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon, an account of the arrival of COVID-19 deep in the rainforest, and how communities came together and shared their knowledge to confront the pandemic and its far-reaching impacts.