Memorandum for the Petitioners |168 science, the scientists, and that is all we ask: Just unite behind the science.” The same voice reverberates strongly and resonates well with Filipinos who likewise bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change. Ultimately, our vision for a more beautiful tomorrow is simple: it is one where the law advances justice and effectively protects human dignity. Because at the end of the day, human rights are experienced very personally: farmer without land, fisherman home. without catch, children without school books, mother without It is a world where each of us, and particularly those who are in the most vulnerable situations, have all they need to live their lives and flourish. Victory will be achieved when we have a world of dignity for all. As the poet Ms. Merlie M. Alunan reminds us: We merely borrow what we spend-- All: stone, hearth, fire, the burning wood, Our very life -- a pact she understood, In everything that be, in fear and love, In terror and hope, word by leaf disclosed: : ~ Child by the well-side many years ago A knot of green sheaves twisting Begging from the mountain a drink? XI PRAYER Cc WHEREFORE, in order to be truly reflective of the proceedings and outcome of the National Inquiry, petitioners respectfully reiterate and amend their prayers as contained ‘in the Amended Petition and the Consolidated Reply, to wit: a) Issue a finding on the responsibility of the respondent Carbon Majors for human rights impacts, impairments, infringements, abuses, and/or violations resulting from the effects of climate change in the Philippines; b) —_ Host an official online repository of this National Inquiry’s full record that is searchable and accessible to all; 764 Greta Thunberg speech at the National Assembly in Paris 2019-07-23, available at https:/Avww. fridays forfuture.org/greta-speeches#greta_speech_july23_2019 (last accessed on 06 September 2019); also see Greta Thunberg, Address to the Parliament of the French Parliament on 23 July 2019, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsS4HAZgHVY (last accessed on 12 September 2019). 76 Alunan, M., Edith, Poems from Green Valley, Hearthstone, Sacred Tree (Manila, Philippines: Anvil Publications, 1993).