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b)
The fossil fuel companies had early awareness, notice, and
actual knowledge of the role of coal, oil, and gas in causing
climate change and the reasonably foreseeable human
rights harms resulting from its impacts;””
c)
Fossil fuel companies had the opportunity to avoid or
reduce those harms decades ago. Instead of reducing
carbon pollution from products and activities, many of the
respondent Carbon Majors knowingly advanced or
promoted deliberately misleading information, casting
doubt on climate science and actions. The respondent
Carbon Majors have and continue to materially contribute
to the climate damage and human rights impacts;’*
d)
The “Polluter Pays” principle is widely accepted and
should be applied to respondent Carbon Majors, which
reap vast profits from their polluting activities;””
B.
e)
Communities have the right to hold the respondent Carbon
Majors accountable for the climate harms they are
suffering; and
f)
In order to avoid additional liability, the respondents must
take immediate and proactive measures in accordance with
the actions outlined above.
The
Honorable
Commission
that
is searchable
should
host an official online repository of
this National Inquiry’s full record
and
accessible
to
all
9.6.
In conducting this National Inquiry on the intertwined issues of
climate change and human rights, the Honorable Commission has already
taken a progressive and positive leap towards helping the Filipinos and the
public, in general, who deserve to know the truth. By uploading the National
Inquiry’s official transcript of stenographic notes (TSNs) in the Honorable
Commission’s website,”° the Honorable Commission made it possible for
Filipinos -- wherever situated -- to benefit from the petitioners’ efforts to
realize the full enjoyment of their human rights by seeking freedom from the
climate-polluting activities of the respondents.
73 CIEL, Plan B, Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae, supra note 50, pp. 67-71.
724 Id.
5 APF & GANHRI, CIEL, ClientEarth, Plan B, Joint Summary of the Amicus Curiae, supra note 50, p.
10.
6 See Transcripts of Stenographic Notes of the NICC-CHR-PH’s Public Hearings of 2018, available at
http://chr.gov.ph/nicc-resources/ (last accessed on 12 September 2019).
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