Memorandum for the Petitioners \ 58 5.99. Further in 1998, respondent Shell was assessing its potential liability for its products contributing to climate impacts. The Shell Internal TINA Group Scenarios 1998-2020 Report the future prospect of oil companies and governments being held liable for climate impacts.233 considered 5. r The fossil fuel industry’s undue influence in international climate politics has resulted in decades of delayed international cooperation , depriving Filipinos of meaningful climate solutions 5.100.Dutch journalist Jelmer Mommers unearthed an internal report following the second Conference of Parties to the jUNFCCC. This report was issued by the global oil and gas industry association, the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA ), showing attendance from many of the respondents herein.234 According to Mr. Davies, IPIECA was also involved in the IRCC AR2 . Concerning the IPCC Informal Workshop on Technology Assessment, the IPIECA report notes that the global association’s “ input to IPCC [on this issue was evident in the draft” and the then chair of the IPCC, Bob Watson, “acknowledged the IPIECA contribution as a major source.»235 5.101 Just months before the adoption Df the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, respondent Exxon’s CEO, Lee Raymond , delivered a speech at the World Petroleum Congress in Beijing, China, delivering a strong argument against global action on climate change: r So the case for so called global warming is far from airtight. You would think that all the uncertainty would give political leaders pause 4 9 What should we do? First, let’s agree we really don’t know about how climate will change in the 21st century and beyond. That means we need to understand the issue better, and fortunately, we have time.236 5 . 102 . Respondent Exxon had knowledge two decades earlier of the risks of climate change and “ the need for hard decisions regarding changes to 1998 Shell Internal TINA Group Scenarios 1998-2020 Reporty available at http://www.climatefiles.com/shell / 1998-shell -intemal - tina-group-scenarios- 1998-2020-report/ ( last accessed on 12 September 2019). 234 Shell International Limited ( 1996 ), IPIECA Report: Framework Convention on Climate Change ( FCCC ) COP2 , available at www.climatefiles.com /ipcc-unfccc/ 1996 - shell- ipieca-report-cop2/ ( last accessed on 12 September 2019). 235 Id 236 1997 Exxon's Lee Raymond Speech at World Petroleum Congress available at http:// www . climatefiles.com/exxonmobil / 1997-exxon-lee-raymond-Sj5eech-at-world-petroleum -congress/ ( last accessed on 12 September 2019). 23 j