Tomorrow morning, Juliana v. United States youth plaintiff Aji Piper will testify at the inaugural hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The hearing is entitled: “Generation Climate: Young Leaders Urge Climate Action Now.” Aji was personally invited to testify by the Select Committee, and will be one of three youth activists to testify tomorrow, demonstrating the momentum that this youth-led movement to secure fundamental constitutional climate rights has gained over the past ten years.
Representative Kathy Castor, Chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis said in a statement:
“This is the first generation to grow up seeing the effects of the climate crisis in their own backyards. Now they’re demanding the opportunity to solve it. Climate change creates generational scale injustices. It’s a daunting challenge, but this generation is ready to meet it.”
The hearing will be available for livestream here at 9am EST/6am PST. Tune in to this historic hearing and watch as Aji asks legislators to take responsibility for the federal government’s continued actions that are causing the climate crisis and to ensure his and future generations the right to a safe climate. Make sure to check our twitter page, as we will be live-tweeting throughout the hearing.
Recordings of Aji’s testimony will remain available on the Select Committee’s website.
Thank you, Aji, for speaking for the rights of young people across the nation.
Onward,
The Our Children’s Trust Team