It is respectfully submitted that the Honourable Commission may take such
assessments into account in considering whether anthopogenic greenhouse gas
emissions constitute a threat to the fundamental rights of Filipinos, including
specifically, the right to life.
6. Evaluating the responsibility of ‘carbon majors’ for violations of human rights,
and specifically the right to life
'The cost of loss and damage of the 48 least developed countries is currently
conservatively estimated to be USD$50 billion annually, while the 13 biggest
fossil fuel companies made more than $100 billion in profits in 2014.'
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Making a Killing: Who Pays the Real Costs of Big Oil, Coal and Gas? (2015), Keely Boom,
Julie-Anne Richards: https://www.scribd.com/document/286408432/Making-a-Killing-Whopays-the-real-costs-of-big-oil-coal-and-gas
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