A lawsuit filed by 16 Alaska youths claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate the country's northernmost state and interfere with their constitutional rights to life, liberty and public trust resources that sustain them.
Assistant Attorney General Anna Jay urged justices to affirm a lower court ruling rejecting the claims. Ultimately, the climate change issues raised by Alaska youth and policies to address them must be addressed by the political branches of government, she said.
Dune Lankard of Cordova, Alaska, holds a sign showing his daughter, Ananda Rose, a budding musher, outside Boney Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Ananda Rose is one of 16 Alaska youths who in 2017 sued the state, claiming that human-caused greenhouse gas emission leading to climate change is creating long-term, dangerous health effects.Our Children's Trust is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting natural systems for present and future generations.
The lead client in the case, Esau Sinnok, has had his constitutional right to health and happiness denied by state policy and lack of action on climate change, Welle said.
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