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3.
4.
5.
6.
Summary of Amici Expert Contributions on Jurisdiction;
Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding the
Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change;
Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding the
Science
Recovery;
of Climate
Change
Impacts,
Attribution,
and
Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding
Obligations of States;
Summary of Amici Expert Contributions regarding
Responsibility/Accountability of Companies; and
Recommendations of Individual Amici.
3.14. On 27 and 28 March 2018, the first public hearings were held
in the Honorable Commission’s Inquiry Hall where all the commissioners,
were present: Honorable Commissioner Roberto Eugenio T. Cadiz (Inquiry
Panel Chairman of the National Inquiry on Climate Change); Honorable
Commissioner
Karen
S.
Gomez-Dumpit;
Honorable
Commissioner
Gwendolyn LI. Pimentel-Gana; Honorable Commissioner Leah C. TanodraArmamento; and Chair of the Honorable Commission, Honorable Chairman
Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon. The Honorable Commission also invited Dr.
Pedro Walpole, SJ as independent expert, and he appeared in all the inquiry
hearings conducted. A total of thirteen (13) resource persons were presented
by the petitioners:
a.
Five (5) community witnesses who shared the concerns of
young people from an Indigenous Peoples group, farmers,
fish vendor, and a jeepney driver representing the transport
sector. The community witnesses presented were Ms. Rica
Cahilig, Mr. Felix “Ka Jhun” Pascua, Jr., Ms.
Libao, Ms. Elma Reyes, and Mr. Ernesto Cruz.
b.
Lerissa
Eight (8) expert resource persons in different fields who
discussed climate change and ocean acidification; the
vulnerability of the Philippines to these; Carbon Majors as
source of carbon emissions; findings of Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration (PAGASA) in relation to climate change;
health impacts of climate change; and CIEL’s Smoke and
Fumes report,*! which outlines the fossil fuel industry’s
knowledge and climate deception.
Gleason); Maastricht Principles Drafting Group (Kristine Perry); Our Children’s Trust (Elizabeth Brown &
Danny Noonan); Plan B (Tim Crosland); Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
(Michael Burger & Jessica Wentz); Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions & the
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Dr. Annalisa Savaresi & Dr. Ioana Cismas); Dr.
James E. Hansen (Dan Galpern); and Dr. Kevin E. Trenberth (hereinafter, “Joint Summary of the Amicus
Curiae”), available at http://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Joint-Summary-Amicussubmitted.pdf (last accessed 12 September 2019).
5! See Exhibit “K,” Simoke and Fumes: The Legal and Evidentiary Basis for Holding Big Oil Accountable
Sor the Climate Crisis (Center for International Environmental Law), dated November 2017.