Each month we invite you to learn about the people, the progress, the precedent, and the history-making protection of children’s right to a safe climate powered by Our Children’s Trust.
People-Powered Justice
Meet Mat dos Santos! Mat, General Counsel & Managing Attorney, joined our team in 2020, bringing their experience at organizations like ACLU of Oregon and the Transgender Law Center to our groundbreaking legal efforts.
This is Grace, one of the 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montanacelebrating historic victory in their case! Grace shares her thoughts on how young people around the world can take systemic climate action.
This video was part of a live event where Grace spoke to thousands of young people around the world watching OVERHEATED, a climate event in London hosted by Billie Eilish!
According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, the summer of 2023 was our planet’s hottest since we began keeping global records in 1880. And it’s only going to get hotter the longer we continue to burn fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases into our atmosphere!
But we will change that by bringing the power of scientific knowledge into courtrooms to hold our government to account.
Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel, discusses why our win in Held v. State of Montana is so important for the future of climate litigation – and pivotal to protecting children’s legal and human rights to a safe climate.
Fighting climate change depends upon people around the world leading all sorts of actions – from protest to legislation to litigation. Our Children’s Trust is powered by hundreds of communities and global partners across the climate movement.
Isabel Shaida with Sunrise Gallatin Valley is one of over 25 partners in Montana who amplified our trial and helped turn people out from across the state to cheer on and support the youth in Helena.
