The investor-owned Carbon Major Respondents’ company names, principal business addresses, and addresses of branch and/or regional offices, if any, in the Philippines, are listed in the Updated Annex “C.” The Petitioners request that notices, summons and pleadings be sent to the Respondent Carbon Majors business addresses or through the national human rights institutions or institutional counterpart in the countries where the Carbon Majors are based. Petitioners further request the Commission to seek the help of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, and the Office of the UN Independent Expert on the Right to International Solidarity to effect the cooperation of Respondent Carbon Majors in the investigation. Statement of Facts The Petitioners ask the Commission to take official or administrative notice of the scientific basis of this Petition concerning the human rights implications of climate change and ocean acidification and the estimated responsibility of the Carbon Majors. In this section, first, there is a discussion of the Carbon Majors, followed by an overview of climate change and ocean acidification impacts and finally, personal statements of individuals describing how climate change impacts interfere with their human rights. See Updated Annex “D” for the details of the Carbon Major publications. 1. Carbon Majors The Carbon Majors findings, based on peer-reviewed methodology, are found in three ground-breaking publications: ! ! ! ! ! 21 !