60 international supporters.     Now it is time for all of the respondents to welcome the inquiry and be part of the solution.   PRAYER WHEREFORE, petitioners respectfully pray that the Honorable Commission on Human Rights: (a) DENY respondents’ motions to dismiss and PROCEED with the national public inquiry, as scheduled; and (b) CALL on the respondents who responded to Business Human Rights Resource Centre and those who have not yet filed comment or answer to the Petition to cooperate in the present proceedings. The reliefs sought in the Petition are likewise humbly reiterated, i.e. the Honorable Commission to take the following actions: 1. Take official or administrative notice of the investorowned Carbon Majors’ contribution to carbon dioxide emissions and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, conduct an investigation into the human rights implications of climate change and ocean acidification and the resulting rights impacts in the Philippines; and following the investigation, issue a finding on the responsibility of the investor-owned Carbon Majors for human rights threats and/or violations in the Philippines, resulting from climate change and ocean acidification; 2. Monitor people and communities acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; 3. Recommend that policymakers and legislators develop and adopt clear and implementable objective standards for corporate reporting of human rights issues in relation to the environment, with special regard for current and future climate change impacts and GHGs associated with fossil fuel products; 4. Recommend that policymakers and legislators develop and adopt effective accountability mechanisms that victims can easily access in instances of violations or threats of violations in the context of climate change;

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