VI. CONCLUSION Climate change is occurring and the window of opportunity for States, including the Philippines, to act and prevent catastrophic and irreversible environmental harm is closing. 69 Despite their lack of access to decision-making processes related to climate change, children are mobilizing and engaging with political decision-makers, advocating for meaningful action before it’s too late.70 Youth collaborating with Our Children’s Trust are mounting legal actions at the municipal,71 state,72 and federal level in the United States,73 as well as at the national level in other countries,74 such as Pakistan75 and Uganda.76 These children are directly invoking the legal obligations of States to restore a stable climate system and protect their public trust and fundamental human rights.77 Because of the urgency of the situation, and the imminent and ongoing threat to the rights of Filipino children and future generations, this Commission should continue its investigation of Carbon Majors’ responsibility for violations or threats of violations of human rights, set a scientific standard for the protection of those rights and climate stability, and assist the Philippine government in meeting its obligations under the constitution, the public trust doctrine, and international law. States and Carbon Majors must reduce emissions and support reforestation and other carbon sequestration efforts in line with the scientific prescription discussed above, targeted to achieve less than 350 ppm global atmospheric CO2 levels by 2100 and to limit the long-term average global temperature increase to no more than 1 °C. The standard set by this body will be a model for courts and other governmental bodies across the globe. In determining that the constitutional and public trust case brought by youth in the U.S. against the U.S. government could proceed, Judge Aiken opined that “Even when a case 69 Exhibits A, B. See, e.g., Claire Caruana, Kids Tell Politicians ‘Stop Listening, Start Acting’ on Climate Change, Times of Malta (June 3, 2016), available at http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160603/local/kids-tell-politicians-stoplistening-start-acting-on-climate-change.614136. 71 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, Grassroots Community Actions, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/grassroots-legalactions/ (last visited Aug. 10, 2016). 72 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, State Legal Actions, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/state-legal-actions (last visited Aug. 5, 2016). 73 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, Landmark U.S. Federal Climate Lawsuit, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit/ (last visited Aug. 5, 2016). 74 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, Global Legal Actions, http://www.ourchildrentrust.org/global-legal-actions (last visited Aug. 5, 2016). 75 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, Global Legal Actions: Pakistan, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/pakistan (last visited Aug. 5, 2016). 76 See, e.g., Our Children’s Trust, Global Legal Actions: Uganda, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/uganda (last visited Aug. 5, 2016). 77 See Our Children’s Trust, Mission Statement, http://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/mission-statement/ (last visited July 28, 2016); see also Zofeen T. Ebrahim, Seven-Year-Old Girl Sue Pakistan Over Climate Change, Dawn (July 5, 2016), http://www.dawn.com/news/1269246/seven-year-old-girl-sues-pakistan-government-over-climate-change (last visited July 28, 2016); Clayton Aldern, Massachusetts Kids Latest to Nab Win in Lawsuit for Climate Action, Grist (May 17, 2016), http://grist.org/news/massachusetts-kids-latest-to-nab-win-in-lawsuit-for-climate-action/ (last visited July 28, 2016); John Schwartz, In Novel Tactic on Climate Change, Citizens Sue Their Governments, N.Y. Times (May 5, 2016), http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/science/climate-change-citizen-lawsuits.html?_r=0 (last visited July 28, 2016). 70 Our Children’s Trust Amicus Curiae Brief 15