Our Children'S Trust

“The form 990 was prepared by a cpa in consultation with the organization's management. The organization's financial oversight committee and its treasurer reviewed a draft of the 990 and provided comments. A complete copy of the form 990 was provided to the organization's governing body before it was filed.”

“All board members are required to disclose a potential conflict of interest and to remove themselves from any decision-making process or voting on related matter to the potential conflict. All members monitor for potential conflicts of interest. The executive director and the board president ensure that conflict disclosures are made and explored and addressed appropriately to remove any potential conflict of interest should any arise.”

“A staff compensation study was performed by an independent human resources firm that then made recommendations for an organizaton-wide salary grade and range structure.”

“A staff compensation study was performed by an independent human resources firm that then made recommendations for an organization-wide salary grade and range structure.”

“Michigan, nevada, new york, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, rhode island, south carolina, utah, virginia, washington, west virginia”

“Governing documents, conflicts of interest policy and financial reporting documents are available upon request and our form 990's are published on third party websites.”

“Our children's trust (oct) protects earth's atmosphere and natural systems for present and future generations by elevating the voice of youth in legal actions, public engagement and in the media to secure the legal right to a safe climate system.”

“Pro bono attorneys, administrative and community, education and engagement”

“Who we are. Our children's trust was founded in 2010 premised on the truth that our courts are both vital to a vibrant democracy and empowered to save our planet for our children's sake. Without a stable climate system that is judicially recognized and protected as a fundamental human right, every natural resource we rely upon to exercise our basic human rights to home, health, and life itself is under threat. For over 50 years, governments, and the systems they have built, have knowingly fueled the climiate crisis, despite clear scientific warnings to transition away from fossil fuels and with majority public support for climate action. We know the scientific prescription for a safe climate: return atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to below 350 parts per million by 2100. Establishing the constitutional standard to a safe and stable climate for children and future generations sets the bar for government conduct. We seek legally binding judicial declarations that end new fossil infrastructure and extraction, phase out fossil fuels no later than 2050, and restore the earth's energy balance. 2023: a watershed year. In 2023, our children's trust had a watershed year: we won the first ever constitutional climate case to go to trial in the united states, held v. State of montana. The world watched as 12 of the 16 youth plaintiffs testified how the climate crisis harmed their health, livelihoods, ancestral and family traditions, air, land, and rivers alongside world renowned experts in medicine, climate science, and energy systems. We began preparations for our second constitutional climate trial, navahine v. Hawai'i department of transportation, on behalf of 13 youth plantiffs, seeking to obtain a first-of-its-kind judicial decree mandating greenhouse gas emission reductions from the transportation energy sector. We filed a transformative federal case against the united states environmental protection agency seeking to halt their discriminatory devaluation of children's lives through their discounting policies and practices, and simultaneously asking the federal courts to properly consider children's equal protection of the law: children as children, not as mini-adults. We powered youth participation in democractic processes including the advancement of a national climate resolution: 97 members of congress and 151 ngos endorsed a congressional resolution recognizing children's fundamental climate rights and climate recovering planning. In 2023, 186 volunteers provided 1,465+ hours of service valued at 3,474,284 of in-kind legal and expert services to expand the impact of strategic climate litigation. U.s.strategy. Our children's trust represented youth clients in constitutional climate litigation in the united states. These cases are representative of of our legal strategy to move the united states toward the ultimate goal of recognizing fundamental and equal constitutional rights for children to a safe and livable future through a life-sustaining climate system. Our cases advance science-based, enduring rights on behalf of children, the population most vulnerable to the long-term impacts of climate change. We work in state and federal courts simultaneously, advancing cases in jurisdictions with the worst climate impacts, the deepest investments in climate polluting infrastructure, and with laws that provide for the protection of natural resources and constitutional rights. Our children's trust takes pride standing with children on the cutting edge of the law as we demand that the judiciary breathe life into our legal system and our democracy. We believe in our children's future. 1. Below is a list of all active litigation and legal actions in the united states: genesis b.v.u.s. Environmental protection agency, central district of california, case no. 2:23-cv-10345 we represent 18 children living in california in this lawsuit that seeks a court declaration that the youth's constitutional rights to life and equal protection h”

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