Eileen Mairena Cunningham

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Eileen Mairena Cunningham, the Indigenous Peoples Organization’s Focal Point to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is a Miskitu indigenous woman from the Wanky Awala Kupia Territory on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast.

COP30 must do good, not just avoid harm

Brazil wants COP30 to be the “COP of implementation,” but real progress means funding and empowering Indigenous peoples, writes Eileen Mairena Cunningham.

11 November, 2025