You Cannot Make Decisions About Our Lives—A Perspective on Global Climate Change Negotiations By Annabel Prokopy Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

As an Indigenous woman, I would like to see more of us at the negotiating table. Because you cannot be deciding about our life, about where we live, at the national level or even at the global level. There should be inclusion of all voices at the ground level. —Immaculata Casimero, a leader of the Wapichan Women’s Movement https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/you-cannot-make-decisions-about-our-lives-a-perspective-on-global-climate-change-negotiations/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside_COPs_th_Hour_Negotiations_for_LegacyBuilding_Belm_Climate_Deal_A_Disputed_Roadmap_to_Leave_Fo BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 17 2025 (IPS) - Immaculata Casimero, a leader of the Wapichan Women’s Movement, remembers the beauty of the mountains that are cultural sites to her indigenous community in Guyana. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.