Press release ARCHIVE - 2023

December 31, 2023

Judge Denies U.S. Department of Justice’s Motions to Dismiss and for Early Appeal in Children’s Constitutional Climate Lawsuit Juliana v. Unites States

December 13, 2023

Judge Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs in Canada’s First Federal Youth Climate Lawsuit; Allows Case to Proceed to Trial

December 11, 2023

California Children File New Constitutional Climate Rights Lawsuit Against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

December 8, 2023

Our Children’s Trust, University Network for Human Rights, and Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste – with Support of Youth and Medical Professionals – Submit Amicus Brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on Climate Emergency and Human Rights

November 27, 2023

Our Children’s Trust Publishes New Climate Rights Resource “Important Scientific Studies on the Limit of Atmospheric CO2 Required to Protect Human Rights”

October 4, 2023

Human Rights Organizations, Children’s Rights Advocates, Legal Scholars File Amicus Briefs in Support of Utah Youth Climate Case

September 20, 2023

Attorneys for Youth Plaintiffs in Natalie R. v. State of Utah Make Case for Constitutional Climate Case to Be Heard in Court

September 19, 2023

Announcing “Overturning 1.5°C: Calling for the Science Turn in Rights-Based Climate Litigation”

August 28, 2023

In Response to General Comment No. 26: “Children’s Rights and the Environment, with a Special Focus on Climate Change” from the Committee on the Rights of the Child

August 14, 2023

Sweeping Constitutional Win for Held v. State of Montana Youth Plaintiffs

August 10, 2023

Our Children’s Trust Attorneys File Amicus Brief in Willow Project Lawsuits

On the Devastating Wildfires in Maui

August 3, 2023

Trial Dates Determined in Navahine F. v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation

July 24, 2023

Attorneys for Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs Respond to U.S. Department of Justice Motion to Stay and for Early Appeal

July 13, 2023

U.S. Senator Merkley and Congresswomen Schakowsky and Jayapal Reintroduce Resolution Recognizing Children’s Fundamental Rights and Need for Climate Recovery Planning after First U.S. Youth-led Climate Rights Trial

July 11, 2023

U.S. Department of Justice Continues to File Motions to Impede Juliana v. United States Youth Climate Case

July 7, 2023

Attorneys for Juliana v. United States Plaintiffs Respond to Latest U.S. Department of Justice Motion to Dismiss

June 23, 2023

Biden’s U.S. Department of Justice Takes Up Trump’s Tactics in Juliana v. U.S.

June 21, 2023

People vs. Fossil Fuels, 255+ orgs, and 50,000+ Individuals Deliver Petition to U.S. Department of Justice: End Opposition to Youth Climate Case!

June 19-20, 2023

Held v. State of Montana Trial Week Two Recap

June 12-16, 2023

Held v. State of Montana Trial Week One Recap

June 16, 2023

Press Statement: 24 Young People, Our Children’s Trust, and Oxfam ask the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea to Protect the World’s Oceans and Marine Environment from Climate Change

June 8, 2023

Members of Congress Support Juliana v. U.S. Youth Plaintiffs After Judge Rules Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial

June 1, 2023

Judge Rules in Favor of Juliana v. United States Youth Plaintiffs; Children’s Constitutional Climate Case Can Proceed to Trial

May 26, 2023

Navahine v. Hawai’i Department of Transportation Youth Plaintiff Presents at Children’s Climate Rights Conference in Geneva

May 25, 2023

Youth Plaintiffs in Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Argue Against Delays in Historic Climate Case

April 28, 2023

Youth Plaintiffs in Navahine v. Hawai‘i Department of Transportation File Motion To Maintain Trial Date

April 6, 2023

Judge Rules in Favor of Hawaiʻi Youth Plaintiffs in Climate Case Navahine F. v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation; Case Will Proceed to Trial

March 29, 2023

Legal Scholars, Medical Professionals File Amicus Briefs in Support of Virginia Youth Climate Case

March 24, 2023

Today's Front Page of New York Times: Held v. State of Montana!

March 15, 2023

Judge Denies 18 Republican Attorneys’ General Request to Intervene in Constitutional Climate Case Juliana v. United States

Utah Supreme Court Retains Appeal of Dismissal of Constitutional Climate Case Natalie R. v. State of Utah

March 10, 2023

Our Children’s Trust Attorneys, Climate Analyst Publish Article in Strasbourg Observers Underscoring Importance of Best Available Science in Global Climate Litigation

February 16, 2023

Arguments Held in Canada’s First Federal Youth Climate Lawsuit

Statement: Our Children’s Trust Submits Comments on Committee on the Rights of the Child Draft General Comment No. 26

January 26, 2023

First Court Hearing in Historic Youth Climate Rights Case Held in Hawai‘i

January 3, 2023

Youth Plaintiffs in Utah Climate Case File Notice of Appeal