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involves meaningful consultation with potentially affected
groups and other relevant stakeholders in the Philippines,
in accordance with Principle 18 of the UNGPs;"°
d)
Take action to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from
their operations and products”! in line with the best
available science,
UNGPs; and
in
accordance
with
Principle
13
Track the effectiveness of their response by fully reporting
on their total greenhouse gas emissions (including across
the full life-cycle of their products), as well as proposed
actions to mitigate their emissions into the future,
including appropriate emissions reduction targets and
investments into renewable energy.
This should be
transparently produced and documented, in order to fully
comply with Principles 20-21 of the UNGPs.””
D.2.
In
order
to
reduce,
mitigate,
and
prevent the risks their climate
polluting
products
pose
to the
Filipino
people,
the
respondent
Carbon Majors must communicate
in their plans the following:
How they are aligning their business models to a global
average temperature level -- as supported by the best
available science -- that avoids or minimizes dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system or, at
the very minimum, with a carbon budget that provides the
greatest possibility of meeting the politically agreed 1.5°C
temperature goal in the Paris Agreement,
b)
An acknowledgement that aligning with standards that
exceeds the current level of warming at 1°C -- such as 2°C,
well-below 2°C, and 1.5°C -- would deny the opportunity
for all Filipinos the opportunity to fully vindicate their
fundamental rights in the context of climate change, given
that Filipinos are already experiencing climate-related
harms;’3
39 Id. pp. 64-65.
Tl Id. p. 65.
22 Ibid,
233 Id. p. 77.
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