TE SPEAKS

TE SPEAKS is Taproot Earth's public platform for perspective and response.

This space shares frontline voices and reports advancing Global Climate Reparations as well as our public statements and media coverage.   •  This space shares frontline voices and reports advancing Global Climate Reparations as well as our public statements and media coverage.  •  This space shares frontline voices and reports advancing Global Climate Reparations as well as our public statements and media coverage.  • 

reports

Explore our archive of reports, each grounded in frontline wisdom, collective governance, and regional power-building.

August 25, 2025
The REMAIN. MIGRATE. RETURN. — What Hurricane Katrina Teaches Us About Climate Migration report reflects on 20 years since Hurricane Katrina to examine climate migration as both lived reality and climate solution.

Grounded in frontline leadership, it advances the rights to remain, migrate, and return as pillars of dignity, self-determination, and Global Climate Reparations in a warming world.

Read the full report here.
MAY 5, 2025
The 2025 Global Climate Reparations Jubilee Convening Report documents a historic gathering in Rome that brought together over 100 frontline and faith leaders from 24 countries to advance repair in the Catholic Jubilee Year.

Through witness sessions, acknowledgment of harm, and shared commitments, the report outlines concrete pathways to move from extraction to accountability, solidarity, and climate reparations.

Read the full report here.
November 26, 2024
The 2024 Global Climate Reparations Governance Assembly Report documents a historic gathering of over 200 frontline leaders from 22 countries in Nairobi, Kenya to collectively define and advance global climate reparations.

Rooted in Black and Indigenous liberation, the assembly affirmed a working statement calling for debt abolition, restitution, and accountable systems that restore balance across our shared global ecosystem.

Read the report here.
November 12, 2024
The 2024 Gulf South for a Green New Deal Community Controlled Fund Report details a transformational climate justice investment model that redistributed over $14 million through participatory budgeting across six Gulf South hubs and Puerto Rico.

Grounded in frontline governance and collective self-determination, the fund demonstrates how communities most impacted by extraction can steward resources, build power, and shape thriving climate futures. Read the report here.

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