At COP30, Indigenous representatives protested outside the Blue Zone, illustrating international law’s “Berghain problem”—named after Berlin’s exclusive nightclub—where opaque gatekeepers control access to decision-making spaces. Though Indigenous territories contain 80% of global biodiversity and their knowledge informs climate policy, states welcome this expertise while excluding Indigenous Peoples from actual governance authority.

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