Environmentalism without Indigenous sovereignty is just greenwashing. Climate justice requires confrontation of the violence of colonization, extractivism, and corporate "conservation". Reminder: Indigenous peoples make up less than 5% of the world’s population, but protect 80% of global biodiversity (UN FAO, 2021). In 2022, 177 environmental defenders were killed, 88 of them in Latin America - the most dangerous region in the world for Indigenous land protectors (Global Witness report, 2023). Over 1000 Indigenous groups live in the Amazon Basin, many of whom have faced forced displacement, criminalization, and violence due to profit-driven deforestation in the region. The largest single driver of this deforestation (accounting for about 80%), is the expansion of grazing land for cattle, primarily for beef production, both domestically and for export. "There is no climate justice without Indigenous sovereignty. The guardians of the forests, deserts, and coasts are not 'impacted co...