Memorandum for the Petitioners | 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. r Summary of Amici Expert Contributions on Jurisdiction; Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change; Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding the Science of Climate Change Impacts, Attribution, and Recovery; Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding Obligations of States; Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding Responsibility/Accountability of Companies; and Recommendations of Individual Amici. 3.14. On 27 and 28 March 2018, the first public hearings were held in the Honorable Commission’s Inquiry Hall where all the commissioners, were present: Honorable Commissioner Roberto Eugenio T. Cadiz (Inquiry Panel Chairman of the National Inquiry on Climate Change); Honorable Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit; Honorable Commissioner Gwendolyn LI. Pimentel Gana; Honorable Commissioner Leah C. TanodraArmamento; and Chair of the Honorable Commission, Honorable Chairman Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon. The Honorable Commission also invited Dr . Pedro Walpole, SJ as independent expert, and he appeared in all the inquiry hearings conducted. A total of thirteen (13) resource persons were presented by the petitioners: - a. Five (5) community witnesses who shared the concerns of young people from an Indigenous Peoples group, farmers, fish vendor, and a jeepney driver representing the transport sector. The community witnesses presented were Ms. Rica Cahilig, Mr. Felix “Ka Jhun” Pascua, Jr., Ms. Lerissa Libao, Ms. Elma Reyes, and Mr. Ernesto Cruz. b. Eight (8) expert resource persons in different fields who discussed climate change and ocean acidification; the vulnerability of the Philippines to these; Carbon Majors as source of carbon emissions; findings of Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in relation to climate change; health impacts of climate change; and CEEL’s Smoke and Fumes report,51 which outlines the fossil fuel industry’s knowledge and climate deception. r Gleason); Maastricht Principles Drafting Group (Kristine Perry); Our Children’s Trust (Elizabeth Brown & Danny Noonan); Plan B (Tim Crosland ); Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School (Michael Burger & Jessica Wentz); Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions & the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Dr. Annalisa Savaresi & Dr. Ioana Cismas); Dr. James E. Hansen ( Dan Galpem); and Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth (hereinafter, “Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae”), available at http:// www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Joint-Summary-Amicussubmitted .pdf (last accessed 12 September 2019). 51 See Exhibit “K,” Smoke and Fumes: The Legal and Evidentiary Basis for Holding Big Oil Accountable for the Climate Crisis (Center for International Environmental Law), dated November 2017.