Statement of Resource Person Kert Davies Director, Climate Investigations Center Presentation for the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines National inquiry on the impact of climate change on the human rights of the Filipino People CHR-NI-2016-0001 New York City September 27, 2018 My name is Kert Davies and I am the Director of the Climate Investigations Center. I have been working on climate change policy since 1998 and for much of that time, monitoring corporate opposition to climate progress. I worked at Greenpeace as the Research Director for thirteen years. I founded the Climate Investigations Center in 2013 to monitor and document the ongoing backlash to climate science and progressive climate policy from corporate and political entities. A full CV was submitted with my materials. This presentation was prepared for a hearing in front of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines proceedings on: CHR-NI2016-0001 National inquiry on the impact of climate change on the human rights of the Filipino People I was requested to provide research covering three areas of inquiry: 1. WHAT FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES KNEW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE 2. CORPORATE EFFORTS TO STALL THE CLIMATE POLICY PROCESS 3. SPECIFIC EVIDENCE OF CORPORATE FUNDING OF CLIMATE DENIAL CAMPAIGNS AND ORGANIZATIONS Outline of material in Powerpoint Presentation: 1. WHAT FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES KNEW Here we present a short review of the facts revealed in industry documents recently discovered by journalists, academics, and other researchers. The Commission has heard about this history from other presenters including Center for International Environmental Law and the Union of Concerned Scientists. There are three main points that are relevant and worth re-emphasizing: ▪ We now know that oil companies studied climate science internally for many decades and also funded academic scientists, especially those doing climate modeling. Climate Investigations Center - September 2018 page 1