JTA's Lara Aumann shares two book recommendations that have been life-sustaining by expanding her organizing toolset and growing her knowledge:
The Wretched of the Earth, by Frantz Fanon, and Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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Tag: Indigenous Peoples
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From Uranium Mining to Powering Data Centers: Refusing the Nuclear Death Cycle
Historic and ongoing harms caused by nuclear technologies persist, including in the form of proposals to power data centers. All the while, many Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities are raising the alarm and successfully challenging nuclear technologies with notable wins.
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JTA Members Make the News during First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
JTA Policy Lead Fernando Tormos-Aponte and Executive Director José T. Bravo were interviewed by Blu Radio and Canada Broadcasting Corporation, during the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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“At a Historic Conference, Frontline Groups Push for a Just Transition”: JTA Publishes New Article
As published in the North American Congress on Latin America, "Though the First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels is a historic achievement, movement organizers question if it will create needed pathways toward a just transition."
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José T. Bravo Publishes Just Transition Op-Ed in Common Dreams: “Frontline Groups Have the Solutions to the Climate Crisis, Not Corporate Profiteers”
JTA's José T. Bravo discusses the harms of corporate polluters and false solutionists and the imperative of frontline-led just transition in his latest op-ed, published by Common Dreams!
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“We Want a Just Transition, Not Just a Transition”: JTA’s 2025 Year-in-Review Audio Highlights
From UN conference halls to the streets, JTA's 2025 year-in-review podcast episode amplifies audio highlights of the intersectional, interdependent, transborder, and multilingual advocacy of peoples and groups moving toward just transition in 2025. Don't miss these remotivating sound bites!
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Gen Z Journal: Youth throughout Earth Take to the Courts for Climate Justice
From Vanuatu in Oceania to Montana in Turtle Island, youth from across the globe are petitioning the courts for climate justice, showing the interconnection of these legal actions and their bold leadership at multiple levels.
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“Our Solidarity Will Deliver It”: Allies Spotlight on Just Transition-Aligned Groups Forging Solidarities Before and During COP30
In this Allies Spotlight, JTA honors and expresses appreciation for aligned groups and cross constituencies that were integral in exerting pressure toward creating the Just Transition Mechanism at COP30. We will be forever grateful and changed by the testimonies and knowledges shared and the alliances and kinships we forged.
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JTA’s COP30 Recap Zine: A Just Transition Win, Numerous Problems and Injustices, and Why We Must Keep Fighting for a Just Transition Fossil Fuel Phaseout!
Read our digital zine, recapping COP30! The fight against corporate capture, extractivism, false solutions, and green colonialism continues, as does the struggle for climate justice, frontline-led just transition, and upholding UNDRIP and UNDROP. Thank you to everyone who worked with us during the MAR Encuentro, the Peoples' Summit, and UN Climate Summit negotiations and actions! Our collective care and dedication to intersectional justice, demonstrated in our demands, alliances, and kinships, will guide our paths forward.
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COP30 May Establish a Just Transition Mechanism, but Further Progress is Needed to Achieve a Participatory, Inclusive, and Just Transition
Read the JTA's response to the Nov. 21, 2025, decision by the Just Transition Work Progamme (JTWP) to create a just transition mechanism. The draft text both responds to the demands of many Indigenous Peoples, frontline workers, and the most impacted communities, while lacking the processes, principles, and fundamental components necessary for ensuring a just transition.