The Voice as a Strategy for Advancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rights and Interests on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

A new and meaningful relationship between Indigenous peoples and political institutions, as the Voice intends, is needed to address climate change adaptation and mitigation. Indigenous peoples in Australia, and globally, are already experiencing the impact of climate change. With rights and interests recognised over their land, this land estate is increasingly vital to addressing the immediate term net-zero targets and longer-term reduction of carbon in the atmosphere along with advancing Indigenous knowledges in new economies and rights to country.