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I stopped waiting for allies in 2026. Here is what I built instead.
I was addicted to text wins. None of them moved a budget line.
Your FPIC Protocol Is Yours to Design, Not Theirs to Give You
What If We Stopped Asking and Started Acting Like a State?
COP30 Closing Plenary Looked Like a Telenovela. The Real Story Was This.
How Two COP30 Words Weakened Indigenous Rights (And What We Did About It)
Brazil's 'Local Communities' Play Unfolds at COP30 (Here's What You Need to Know)
The COP30 Playbook That Challenged Brazil's 'Local Communities' Draft
How to Be a "Firefighter" at COP (Your Real Job)
How to Write the "Closing Statement" (It Starts Today)
How to Use the UN's "Memory" (The Secretariat)
How to Influence the COP President's Team
The Indigenous Negotiatorâs Guide to COP30
How to Lobby For the President's Text (The "Cover Decision")
Why You Should Ignore the COP President (For the First Week)
How to Use the Co-Facilitators (They're a Mirror, Not Your Friend)
How to Reject the 'Observer' Mindset (Even If You're Wearing the Badge)
The $125 Billion Forest Fund = Super Dangerous
What Happens When One Country Says 'No' at the Final Plenary
Why Your Win Can Disappear in the Final Hour
How to Win When the Ministers Arrive (Week 2 Strategy)
WHOâs Two-Track Play for Pathogens and Traditional Knowledge
Why the Middle Saturday Is the Most Dangerous Day of COP30
How to Win a Huddle (The Unfair, Unscheduled Meeting)
Must Love Peoples, Not Personas
How to Read Brackets (They're the Entire Battlefield)
Why You're Starting in the Middle of a Fight
How to Make a Country Negotiate for You
How to Win at COP Before the Final Meeting Even Starts
How to Prioritize Your Time (The "50 People vs. 5 People" Trap)
How to Not Handle Accreditation and "Badges" (The Brazil Example)
How to Use the UN's Own Rules to Win
How Indigenous Positions Actually Move (The Real IIPFCC Engine)
Climate Negotiations = Star Wars
3 Warnings for the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders
Why the Word 'Traditional' Is a Trap
How To Kill The Same Bad Idea In Every UN Body
How to Make 'Everything Is Connected' Work Inside the UN
Why the Best Indigenous Leaders Have No Wikipedia Page
The FWG's Catch-All Bucket Trap (And Why Direct Action Wins)
How to Use UNDRIP (Why It's Actually Dangerous)
I Deleted 7 Principles to Protect Them All (HRC60 Negotiation Psychology)
What is the "FWG"? (The Engine of the LCIPP)
What is the "LCIPP"? (The Platform Nobody Asked For)
The Geneva-Bonn Playbook for Diluting Indigenous Rights
Talking points: Article 6 (carbon markets) @ FAO
Knowing COP Rules Beats Knowing Rights
I Had This Wild Idea Over Pho (It Could Change Our Diplomacy Forever)
Inside the 3-Hour HRC60 Battle Over 1 Indigenous Participation Paragraph
The One Question That Reveals What States Actually Want
How To Make 2027 Work, What to Do Now, Why We Need To Go All-In.
'Indigeneity' Is Quietly Undermining Indigenous Rights
Read Body Language to Win UN Negotiations
The Special Rapporteur Should Know Better
I Stopped Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall
How I Rank 23 UN Resolutions in 30 Minutes
The Mac vs PC Guy Made Me Rethink Indigenous Rights
I Almost Said "All Systems Go" for a New Voluntary Fund. Then I Read the Fine Print.
This Question Revealed Everything Wrong With How We Negotiate Indigenous Rights
Going Live at 7PM......State of the Union of Pacific Indigenous Knowledge
African Negotiators Thought I Wrote the Text That Would Erase Them
The BBNJ Gets a New "4-Part System" for Indigenous Participation
The Jedi Mind Trick INC 5.2 Chair Used
How Indigenous Peoples Actually Get Heard in Treaty Negotiations
The 5-Minute Kindness Strategy I Use Everywhere
You're Reading The ICJ Advisory Opinion Wrong
How the ICJ AO Gave Indigenous Peoples Legal Weapons
Here's How States Actually Gut UN Resolutions in Real Time
The Pacific Region Breaks Every Indigenous Organizing Rule You Know
Why Consensus Beats Voting Every Time in Indigenous Diplomacy
The Institution Building Package Secret States Don't Want Indigenous Peoples to Find
Your UN Statement Doesn't Matter Unless You Understand This
How 18 Years in Kitchens Taught Me to Read People at the UN
I Watched Men Undress at the UN, I Ditched My Tie 5 Minutes Later.
The Question Everyone Keeps Asking About Indigenous Progress at the UN
While Everyone Was Watching Missiles Fly Into Iran, I Was Watching Something Else.
30 Minutes to Save Indigenous Rights
The Biggest Lie About Consensus (You Believe It)
Why Smart Indigenous Leaders Choose Geneva Over New York
How I'd Codify Local Communities in International Law
How I Prevented 47 Indigenous Leaders from Hitting Predictable UN Paralysis
Cheat Sheet for Understanding Article 6
You Shouldnât Have to Beg to Matter
Budgeting for Justice in a 3,000 CHF City
How to Get Diplomats Fighting for Your Position Before You Even Ask
Why Your Best Arguments Fall Flat (And How to Fix It)
States Used Local Communities as a Delay Tactic (Here's How to Spot It)
The Trojan Horse of Indigenous Climate Finance
One Coffee Chat Changed My Entire Diplomatic Strategy
Inside the Climate Negotiations Where Indigenous Peoples Rewrote the Rules
September 2027: The Next Power Window
No More Friends, Just Shifting Interests
Close the Door, Lock the Frame
Weâre Not Imagining Wakanda. Weâre Building It.
What Happens To The Vision When Founders Move On?
The 5 Biases That Are Killing You
The Problem with "Traditional Knowledge"
The Biggest Mistake New Indigenous Leaders Make at the UN
Every Diplomatic Problem I've Ever Solved Followed The Same Pattern
The Climate Negotiation Reality Most Indigenous Delegates Miss
The Dark Side of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
BBNJ Agreement: Indigenous Peoples Brief Sets New Standards (PDF Attached)
If Youâre Just Getting Started in Diplomacy
50 Truths About Indigenous Diplomacy
Why Your Position Paper Might Be Fuel for the Fire
The âYesâ Trap That Breaks Diplomatic Strategy
How Game Night Sharpened My UN Strategy
Why Indigenous Self-Selection Matters
Win Negotiations Without Saying a Word
Diplomacy Starts with People, Not Just Issues
Are the SDGs Missing the Point?
USA is About to Break Up with Europe
You Donât Need a Perfect Plan. You Need to Be Ready.
The Most Dangerous Words in Diplomacy? "I ThinkâŠ"
The Power Move Behind the Spectacle
Trumpâs Strategy Isnât About Policy. Itâs About Power.