V. RECOMMENDATIONS It is essential that the Honourable Commission on Human Rights set out the scientific standard for protecting current and future generations of Filipino children from the dangerous threats posed by unabated climate destabilization. The Commission should clearly state the scientific standard States and Carbon Majors must meet to protect public trust and fundamental human rights: reduce dangerous levels of atmospheric CO 2 to below 350 ppm in order to stabilize the long-term average global temperature increase at no higher than 1 °C. The Commission should also state that the actions and inactions of the Carbon Majors that result in the continuing dangerous increase of atmospheric CO 2 levels and further destabilization of the climate system are a violation of the public trust and fundamental human rights of Filipino children and future generations. After completing its investigation, the Commission should also state in its findings that in order for the government of the Philippines to meet its obligations to current and future generations of Filipinos under the Constitution, public trust doctrine, and international law, it must: 1. Prepare an accounting and inventory of each and every substantial source of GHG emissions within the Philippines’ borders, the emissions embedded in imported goods, and the emissions from extraterritorial activities over which the Philippines has control; 2. Prepare quantifiable targets or a “Carbon budget” for the total amount of CO2 emissions that can be released until 2050 ensuring that the Philippines and each State does its share as a responsible member of the global community to achieve global climate stabilization and reduce atmospheric CO2 to below 350 ppm by 2100, limiting the long-term average global temperature increase to no more than 1 °C; 3. Create a national climate recovery plan with interim CO 2 reduction targets and mitigation actions tiered to achieving the Philippines’ carbon budget, with priority actions aimed at reducing GHG emissions by transitioning away from the development and use of fossil fuels; protecting forests, peatlands, grasslands, soil, mangroves, and other natural resources that store carbon; and engaging in massive reforestation and other methods of natural carbon sequestration such as improved agricultural and forestry practices; 4. Keep all untapped fossil fuel reserves in the ground; and 5. Take immediate steps to transition power generation to non-CO2 emitting energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal; and 6. Seek all possible means of financial, technological and capacity-building support to enhance the implementation of the Philippines’ mitigation efforts—including the recovery of Natural Resource Damages from the Carbon Majors for natural sequestration programs.68 68 See, e.g., supra, note 17. Our Children’s Trust Amicus Curiae Brief 14