Keiki o ka ‘āina (children of the land) in Hawai‘i turned to the courts to assert their rights to a safe and healthy climate and ask their government to embrace its kuleana (responsibility) as a trustee for future generations by decarbonizing Hawai‘i’s transportation system.
The Settlement Agreement in Navahine v. HDOT confirms that youth have constitutional rights to a clean and healthful environment and that the state of Hawaiʻi has an obligation to protect youth’s interest in a stable climate.
Filing Date
Judge
Location
Plaintiffs
13
Experts
10
Counsel
4
Co-Counsel
3
Defendants
4
Years in the making
13
1
Transportation sector is largest source of GHG emissions in United States
1
Hawai'i is the most dependent state in US on petroleum for energy needs
215,800
pages exchanged in the form of filings and expert reports distilling decades of scientific research into understandable content
297,326
children under age 18 in Hawai‘i affected by HDOT’s actions, plus the generations yet to come
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