institutions, or other equivalent body, in the countries of Respondent Carbon Majors, or for other practical reasons the same could not be implemented, Petitioners will find it amenable that the investigation and related processes for this Petition will involve only those Respondent Carbon Majors with branches, regional offices, and/or subsidiaries in or substantial connection (through their agents) to, the Philippines. Statement of Facts This section establishes the scientific basis for this Petition concerning the human rights implications of climate change and ocean acidification and the estimated responsibility of the Carbon Majors. First, there is a discussion of the Carbon Majors, followed by an overview of climate change and ocean acidification impacts. See Annex “D” for a details of the Carbon Major publications. 1. Carbon Majors The Carbon Majors findings, based on peer-reviewed methodology, are found in three ground-breaking publications: 1. Climate Accountability Institute, Press Release on Update of Carbon Majors Project, released in December 2014, appended as Annex “D-1;” 2. Carbon Majors: Accounting for carbon and methane emissions 1854-2010 Methods and Results Report, released in 2013 and updated at the beginning of 2014, appended as Annex “D-2;” and 3. Tracing anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane emissions to fossil fuel and cement producers, 1854–2010, published online in the journal Climatic Change in November 2013, appended as Annex “D-3.” The following are the main findings of the Carbon Major publications: • 90 Carbon Major Entities, including the 50 investor-owned Carbon Major companies, are responsible for an estimated 939 Gt CO2 of cumulative world emissions of industrial CO2 and methane, or 65% of all anthropogenic CO2 between 1751 and 2013;37 • Nearly one-third of all global industrial CO2 from 1751 to 2010 are associated with the carbon fuels produced by the Top 20 fossil fuel                                                                                                                         37 Climate Accountability Institute, Press Release, Carbon Majors Update to 2013, Dec, 8 2014, http://www.climateaccountability.org/pdf/Media%20Outline%20Feb15.pdf (last accessed June 15, 2015).             12