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Encinas,492 Mr. Isagani Molina, and Mr. RJ de Ramos493 who testified to
the pain caused by having one’s house repeatedly flooded and having to be
relocated after a typhoon has hit their homes— trauma which they are still
suffering from after so many years.
8.98. In the Philippines, severe storms and flooding events linked to
climate change have already displaced millions of people from their homes.
Super typhoon Haiyan displaced more than four million people and damaged
or destroyed more than one million homes.494
r
8. 99. Displacement due to sea level rise is another major concern in
the Philippines, due to the rapid increase in sea levels and the number of
people who live on the coast , 495 On the other hand , climate-related
displacement from rural areas to cities may also increase due to decreased
agricultural yields and inadequate job opportunities in the agricultural sector,
putting additional pressure on depressed urban areas and mega cities.496
9.
The right to work
security498
497
and social
8.100 . Climate change deprives individuals, such as fanners and
fisherfolks, of their livelihoods and, in general, disrupts the right to work by
provoking significant economic transformations. For example, the bleaching
of coral reefs and the diminution of wildlife stocks may cause the tourism
industry to decline, leading to loss of employment.
C
8.101. Extreme weather events, which lead to the destruction of
infrastructure, displacement, and damage to crop yields, will also have
important economic consequences and thereby affect the right to work . In the
context of the Philippines, the United Nations International Children’s
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has noted that “[subsistence livelihoods in rainExhibit “ZZZ,” Mga Salaysay nina Gg. Manuel A. Abinales, Gg. Pablo Taon Ill\ at Gng. Francia M.
Encinas; also see Testimonies of Ms. Francia Ensinas, Mr. RJ de Ramos, Mr. Isagani Molina, Mr. Pablo
Taon III, and Mr. Manuel Abinales, TSN dated 23-24 May 2018, pp. 228-255.
493
Exhibit “YYY” to “YYY-2,” Mga Salaysay nina Gg. Isagani Molina at RJ de Ramos ; also see
Testimonies of Ms. Francia Ensinas, Mr. RJ de Ramos, Mr. Isagani Molina, Mr. Pablo Taon III, and Mr.
Manuel Abinales, TSN 23 24 May 2018, pp. 228-255.
494 Angela
Sherwood et al . (2014), Resolving Post- Disaster Displacement : Insights from the Philippines
After Typhoon Haiyan, available at https://www. brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Resolving
PostDisasterDisplacementInsights-from-the-PhiIippines-after-Typhoon-Haiyan-June-2015.pdf ( last
accessed 06 September 2019).
495 Joint Summary
of the Amicus Curiae, supra note 50, p. 26.
496
Ibid. Also see Effects of Typhoon Yolanda ( Haiyan), p. 3, available at
http://www. ndrmic.gov.ph/attachments/artide/ 1329/ Effec ts_of_Typhoon _YOLANDA_(HAIYAN)_SitRep
_No_10 10 NOV2013_0600 H.pdf (last accessed
on 12 September 2019).
497
ICESCR, Arts 6-8; ICCPR, Art 8(3)(a); CERD, Art 5(e)( i ); CEDAW, Art 11( 1 )(a); CRC, Art 32;
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families, December 18, 1990, 2220 UNTS 3, Arts 11, 25, 26, 40, 52 and 54.
498
ICESCR at Art 9; CERD at Art 5(e)(iv ), CEDAW at Art 11 and 14; CRC at Art 26.
492
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