STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
MAR 3 1 2025
RE: S.R. No. 76
S .D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Agriculture and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 76 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE TO WORK
TOWTU^DS A JUST CLIMATE FUTURE BY INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE INTO POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES RELATED
TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE MITIGATION, AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Urge the Governor and the State to:
(A) Work towards a just climate future by integrating
indigenous knowledge into policy and decision­
making processes related to climate adaptation,
climate mitigation, and climate resiliency; and
(B) Formulate and identify goals to facilitate a just
climate future that purposefully and meaningfully
includes indigenous knowledge as an integral
component; and
(2) Urge the investment, integration, and practice of Olelo
Hawaii as a key mechanism to achieving a just climate
future.
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Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Climate Protectors Hawaii,
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kupuna for the Mo‘opuna,
Hawai‘i Public Health Association, Climate Change and Health
Working Group, 350Hawaii.org, Coalition Earth, Sierra Club of
Hawai‘i, and eleven individuals.
Your Committee finds that the State has long been a
recognized leader in environmental rights and the preservation of
natural resources. Your Committee further finds that the
integration of indigenous knowledge or indigenous traditional
ecological knowledge has gained national and international
attention as a crucial key to addressing the climate crisis. Due
to unique climate change impacts affecting Hawaii, indigenous
knowledge reflected in island-based science responses can enhance
the State's capacity to adapt to and recover from climate-driven
challenges.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Urging the Mayors of each county to:
(A) Work towards a just climate future by integrating
indigenous knowledge into policy and decision­
making processes related to climate adaptation,
climate mitigation, and climate resiliency; and
(B) Formulate and identify goals to facilitate a just
climate future that purposefully and meaningfully
includes indigenous knowledge as an integral
component;
(2) Amending its title accordingly; and
(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Agriculture and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 76, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 76, S.D. 1.
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Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Agriculture and
Environment,
Oi-WA
MIKE G7VBBARD, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
ABW 0^-17-is
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended \ f Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 \ 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye^ Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
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TOTAL 1
Recommendation: ‘
*|^ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee's Signature: _____ -
Distribution: Original Yellow ^ink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24