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9.7.
Now, the Honorable Commission has another significant
opportunity to aid communities, judiciaries, national human rights
institutions, administrative agencies, and other stakeholders by sharing the full
record of the National Inquiry, which includes all the pieces of evidence it has
gathered, in a user-friendly and searchable database or website accessible to
all. The contents should also include all the documents in the following
websites which were mentioned in the proceedings and are relevant to the
National Inquiry:
1.
2.
3.
https://www.smokeandfumes.org;
http://www.climatefiles.com; and
https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/fossilfuel/
9.8.
With this, the Honorable Commission will be providing an
essential resource that is necessary for the protection of human rights. More
importantly, it will help deliver justice to the community witnesses, who
bravely testified against some of the biggest companies in the world, by
preserving their stories of climate injustice and hope for a better future, which
will be remembered for the historical record, for legislating meaningful laws,
and for understanding what justice could look like. There are a number of
academic institutions in the Philippines and worldwide that would likely be
willing to assist with this important service for humanity.
C.
The Honorable Commission should
monitor people and communities
vulnerable to the impacts of climate
change on an ongoing basis
9.9.
following
The National
communities
Inquiry has heard
in Luzon,
Visayas,
from representatives
and Mindanao
through
of the
visits,
dialogues, and oral testimonies during the public inquiry hearings: (a) Libon,
Albay; (b) Legazpi, Albay; (c) Tacloban City; (d) Tanauan, Leyte; (e)
Province of Isabela; (f) Alabat, Quezon; (g) Iligan City; (h) Bukidnon; (i)
Cagayan de Oro City; (j) Batangas City (Verde Island Passage); (k) Bataan;
(1) Benguet, Ifugao Province; (m) Camarines Norte; (n) Marikina; (0) Rizal;
and (p); Kamotes Island, Cebu. The Honorable Commission should set up a
system to continuously and regularly monitor them, along with other
communities in the Philippines which were found to be vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change.
9.10.
In its monitoring function, the Honorable
Commission
should
conduct community visits, record testimonies from focused group discussions
and/or key informant interviews, provide capacity building for local
government units in assessing and documenting climate damage, and provide
legal assistance to community members continuing to suffer from climaterelated human rights impacts.
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