Memorandum for the Petitioners |161 D.4. In order to remedy past and existing human rights abuses and violations of the rights of the Filipino people resulting from climate change, the respondent Carbon Majors’ plans must: a) b) E. Communicate commitments pays” principle; and to abide by the “Polluter Provide a mechanism to pay their fair share of the costs of climate-related damages and climate change adaptation.” The Honorable Commission should monitor respondent Carbon Majors on an ongoing basis and report periodically on whether respondents’ actions are consistent with both international and national human rights laws and requirements 9.19. Petitioners respectfully submit that the Honorable Commission’s mandate to monitor human rights violations in the context of climate change includes not only the victims, but also those responsible for human rights harms (e.g., the respondent Carbon Majors). Thus, in addition to the aforementioned guidelines for monitoring, which can similarly be adopted for respondent Carbon Majors and other business enterprises or entities that contribute to climate-related human rights harms, the Honorable Commission should ensure an ongoing monitoring of the activities of the respondents and said entities and periodically report their actions and/or inactions that are not consistent with both international and national human rights laws and requirements. 739 Center for International Environmental Law, ClientEarth , Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions & Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide, Dr. James E. Hansen, Our Children’s Trust, Maastricht Principles Drafting Group (Olivier De Schutter, Asbjorn Eide, Ashfaq Khalfan, Rolf Kiinnemann, Jernej Letnar Cernié, Marcos A. Orellana, [an Seiderman, Bret Thiele), Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, Dr. Kevin Trenberth, Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae Briefs, supra note 50, p. 59. 7 See similar recommendation for remediation: Knox, J., TSN dated 27-28 September 2018, p. 110, supra note 511 and Serrano, S., TSN dated 23-24 May 2018, supra note 445, p. 145.

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