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presented Ms. Arthur S. Golong,** Mr. Elicer G. Lauce,
Ms. Delia A. Tulagan, Mr. Buucan Hangdaan, Ms. Dalia
Nalliw, and Mr. William Mamanglo as community
witnesses.
b.
Eight (8) expert resource persons tackled topics relating to
recent climate scenarios; the vulnerabilities and specific
impacts of climate change on children; the responsibility
of Carbon Majors for climate change; the climate
deception perpetrated by the entire fossil fuel industry,
particularly, respondents ExxonMobil and Shell; the oil
industry’s conduct; the vulnerability of the Philippines’s
biodiversity to climate change; the health impacts of
climate change and the pathophysiology of heat stress, air
pollution, and the zika virus; valuing climate change
impacts, financial policies (closing gaps) and climate
change as risk multiplier for agricultural livelihoods; and
extreme weather attribution science and climate litigation.
The expert resource persons presented were Dr. Rosa
Perez,
Dr.
Geoffrey
Mallari,
Celine
Vicente,
Mr.
Richard
Heede,
Dr.
Supran, Mr. Carroll Muffett, Dr. Neil Aldrin
Dr.
Jonathan
Moses
Jadloc,
Hodes, and Ms. Sophie Marjanac.
Mr.
Glenn
Stuart
3.17. The fourth inquiry hearings were conducted on 27-28
September 2018 in New York City. Petitioners invited seven (7) resource
persons to share their stories and expertise, while the Honorable Commission
had six (6) resource persons:
a.
Three (3) community witnesses were presented to speak
about the concerns of youth survivors of super typhoon
Hatyan and hurricane Sandy and how these impacted their
rights, lives, and livelihood. The following community
witnesses were presented: Ms. Marinel S. Ubaldo,
Cristina Cocadiz, and Ms. Candice Sering.
b.
Ms.
Four (4) expert resource persons were invited to discuss
economic, social, cultural rights in the context of climate
change; how climate change acts as a threat multiplier; the
fossil fuel industry’s and trade associations’ climate
deception activities; the landmark tobacco case’s*? relation
to fossil fuel industry’s climate deception; and attribution
science specifically pointing out to respondent Carbon
Majors as significant contributors to climate change. Ms.
* Arthur Golong identifies as transgender and prefers to be called “Miss.”
3 United States v. Philip Morris, et al.; See Exhibit “BBBBBBB” to “BBBBBBB-6,” Statement of Sharon
Eubanks, dated 10 September 2018.