HI SCR53

Urges the United States government to formally recognize and adopt indigenous land stewardship practices to address climate change.

References the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warning that the planet will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030 with catastrophic consequences.

Notes that Native Hawaiians and American Indian/Alaska Native peoples developed sustainable resource management systems for farming, fishing, and resource gathering in harmony with their environments.

References Hawaii Act 288 (2012) which established the 'Aha Moku advisory committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to incorporate Native Hawaiian generational wisdom on natural and cultural resource protection.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, EPA Director, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.