ENCANA (CANADA), DEVON ENERGY (USA), BG GROUP (UK), WESTMORELAND MINING (USA), SUNCOR (CANADA), KIEWIT MINING (USA), NORTH AMERICAN COAL (USA), RUHRKOHLE AG, (GERMANY), LUMINANT (USA), LA FARGE (FRANCE), HOLCIM (SWITZERLAND), CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES, APACHE (USA), MURRAY COAL (USA), UK COAL (UK), HUSKY ENERGY, CANADA, NEXEN (CANADA), HEIDELBERGCEMENT (GERMANY), CEMEX, (MEXICO), ITALCIMENTI (ITALY), MURPHY OIL (USA), TAIHEIYO (JAPAN), OMV GROUP (AUSTRALIA), Respondents. x--------------------------------------------------------------x AMENDED PETITION Requesting for Investigation of the Responsibility of the Carbon Majors for Human Rights Violations or Threats of Violations Resulting from the Impacts of Climate Change Prefatory Statement “Ito na lang ba ang aming kauuwian—ang magbilang, o mapabilang, sa mga biktima ng climate change?”1 In asking for available remedies, Ms. Derek Cabe2 raised this concern at the Forum on Human Rights and Climate Change organized by the Honourable Commission on Human Rights (Commission or CHR) in cooperation with Greenpeace Southeast Asia on May 12, 2015. The Petitioners trust that the Honourable Commission understands the context of this question, considering the abundance of country statistics and reports of disaster-related casualties. For example, despite forecasts and warnings provided days in advance, super-typhoon Yolanda killed more than 6,000 people, affected millions of others, and devastated areas in central Leyte in 2013. According to the World Bank, the EMDAT disaster database shows that between 2000 and 2008, weather-related disasters accounted for 98% of all people affected and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 2 English translation: Will this be our fate---to just count the victims of climate change or be counted among them? Ms. Cabe is a representative of Nuclear Free Philippines (Bataan). ! 2! ! ! ! ! !