How I'd Codify Local Communities in International Law

Here are the 4 steps I would use right under your nose

If I wanted to bring local communities into international law as formal rights holders without triggering all the usual alarms, I know exactly how I'd do it.

And the more I think through this strategy, the more I realize it's happening right now.

This started as a thought experiment.

I was sitting in another meeting where someone casually used "IPLCs" like it was settled terminology, and I found myself wondering: If someone actually wanted to expand legal recognition beyond Indigenous Peoples, how would they do it without causing any noise?

So I mapped it out for you.

Move by move.

In a minute I’ll share the playbook explaining everything I've watched unfold across UN bodies and climate finance.