human rights in our climate actions.”168 With the mounting evidence of the Carbon Majors holding the world back on climate progress, it is essential for the Honourable Commission to act now and establish the responsibility of the Carbon Majors, which will be seen as a strong signal for future climate action. So Petitioners pray for vindication, respect and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. Hindi po dapat na kami ay mauuwi lamang sa pagbibilang o kaya’y mapapabilang na lamang sa mga biktima ng climate change.169 Prayer WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Petitioners most respectfully pray that the Honourable Commission on Human Rights take the following actions: 1. Taking official or administrative notice of the investor-owned Carbon Majors’ contribution to carbon dioxide emissions and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, conduct an investigation into the human rights implications of climate change and ocean acidification and the resulting rights impacts in the Philippines; and following the investigation, issue a finding on the responsibility of the investor-owned Carbon Majors for human rights threats and/or violations in the Philippines, resulting from climate change and ocean acidification; 2. Monitor people and communities acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 168 The Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action, Feb. 13, 2015, http://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/The-Geneva-Pledge-13FEB2015.pdf (last accessed on Apr. 20, 2015). 169 English translation: We should not only be counting the victims of climate change or being counted among them. ! ! ! ! ! 61 !