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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.
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Meet Andrea Rodgers! As Deputy Director for the U.S. Legal Program at Our Children’s Trust, Andrea represents children and youth in our federal constitutional climate lawsuits – Genesis v. EPA and Juliana v. U.S. – and serves as lead counsel for the 14 youth plaintiffs in Navahine v. Hawai`i Department of Transportation (HDOT), where trial is scheduled to begin on June 24. Andrea also leads our case in Canada on behalf of 15 youth plaintiffs, La Rose v. His Majesty the King, which just got put back on the track to trial.
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Kaliko and Mesina, two of the 14 youth plaintiffs in Navahine v. State of Hawai`i DOT, alongside other young people represented by Our Children’s Trust, were featured this summer in The New York Times.
Read “With TikTok and Lawsuits, Gen Z Takes on Climate Change” to hear directly from these young climate leaders why youth are leading the charge to protect our planet!
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Just last week, Here and Now featured Kaliko’s and Kalālapa’s stories of why they have turned to the courts to protect their Native Hawaiian cultures and traditions and what gives them hope as they prepare for the June 2024 trial in their case.
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Photo by Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
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Did you know that the longest record of direct measurements of carbon dioxide on our planet takes place in Hawai`i?
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, led by C. David Keeling (of the famous Keeling Curve!), alongside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has been measuring CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory since 1958.
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We are less than six months from trial in Navahine v. Hawai`i DOT! On June 24th, three weeks of testimony will be heard in open court in Honolulu, including personal stories from our 14 youth plaintiffs and irrefutable evidence from experts in topics like climate science, transportation impacts, and children’s health.
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Navahine v. Hawai`i DOT youth plaintiffs, their attorneys, and supporters cheer after a hearing in their case, January 2023. Photo by Robin Loznak.
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Fighting climate change depends upon people around the world leading all sorts of actions – from protest to legislation to litigation. Democracy happens in courtrooms, in the streets, and at the polls. They all matter—now more than ever. Our Children’s Trust is powered by hundreds of communities and global partners across the climate movement.
Together with Hawai`i Youth Climate Coalition (HYCC), we work to secure and protect the rights of young people around the planet.
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Thanks to HYCC, 1,000 pairs of shoes line the sidewalk symbolizing the demand that the HDOT reduce its carbon footprint and for the court to keep the youth’s trial date. Photo by Will Soto.
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