Amicus Curiae Brief presented by ClientEarth 21 November 2016 Carbon Majors that will become unburnable in a carbon-constrained world in which States act to limit climate change in accordance with the Paris Agreement.54 69. These facts are relevant to the framing of the final recommendations that the Commission may seek to make in this investigation. 6 Evidence of the effects of climate change on human rights in the Philippines 70. This section will discuss some of the matters relevant to the Commission's determination of factual causation in this investigation. The comments herein will focus on the legal aspects of factual causation, consistent with ClientEarth’s expertise. 6.1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 71. The IPCC is a scientific body and an intergovernmental organisation established by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988. It’s task, as outlined in UN General Assembly Resolution 43/53 of 6 December 1988, was to prepare a comprehensive review and recommendations with respect to the state of knowledge of the science of climate change; the social and economic impact of climate change, and possible response strategies and elements for inclusion in a possible future international convention on climate change. Today the IPCC's role is as defined in the Principles Governing IPCC Work: 54 Carbon Tracker Institute, Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets, 2013, available at http://www.carbontracker.org/report/unburnable-carbon-wasted-capital-and-stranded-assets/ . 36