Indigenous Just Transition & Indigenous Climate Justice
We build the capacity of Native Nations and Indigenous Peoples to protect their sacred lands, waters, and cultures in the wake of our current global climate crisis.
Our Indigenous Just Transition and Indigenous Climate Justice Programs centers the concerns of Native Nations in both grassroots environmental justice and mainstream big green environmental organizing around climate justice and a just transition to clean, renewable energy; ensures that California Native Nations have a seat at the table in local, state, federal and international climate adaptation and resilience planning; develops climate resiliency and adaptation plans; and, prioritizes Indigenous-led land return and restoration as a part of local and state conversations around Just Transition:
LA County Just Transition Task Force: Thanks to the efforts of SPI and our Allies, Tribal members of the Native Nations who are ancestrally tied to LA County were able to participate in efforts with the LA Just Transitions Task Force. Due to these efforts, LA County is the only county that now requires representation from the Native Nations whose lands the county is on to participate in the Task Force, and the LA County Just Transition report now includes the right of first refusal for Tribes.
Organized for Community Resilience, Indigenous, Racial & Environmental Justice in Southern California.
Participation in LEAP-LA, a coalition of grassroots environmental and climate justice organizations representing some of the neighborhoods most heavily impacted by environmental racism and most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Energy Democracy Scorecard for Los Angeles: In December 2023, we partnered with Emerald Cities Collaborative and our colleagues at the LEAP-LA Coalition to complete an Energy Democracy Scorecard for Los Angeles to further guide our strategies around energy democracy and just transitions.
Ending Extractive Industries in the Homelands project: Mapping and addressing the impact of extractive industries on Tribal lands, supporting Tribes' self-determination for the future.
