Memorandum for the Petitioners |169 rr r c) Monitor people and communities in the Philippines made vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on an ongoing basis; d) Request the respondent Carbon Majors to submit business plans regarding climate change that are consistent with both international and national human rights laws and requirements; e) Monitor respondent Carbon Majors on an ongoing basis and report periodically on whether respondents’ actions are consistent with both international and national human rights laws and requirements; f) Recommend that policymakers and legislators develop and adopt clear and implementable objective standards for corporate reporting on human rights in the context of climate change; g) Recommend the adoption of one or more accountability mechanisms that provide an effective remedy that can be easily accessed by those affected by climate change; h) Recommend that the government develop a National Action Plan 766 on business, environment, and climate change, using as a starting point the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and relevant pieces of evidence herein presented; and i) Recommend that govermnents including the Philippines and other countries where the respondent Carbon Majors enhance, strengthen, or are domiciled and/or operate explore new ways to fulfill their international duty of cooperation, including but not limited to, the introduction of further regulation of the Carbon Majors to fully address the human rights impacts of climate change. — — In addition, the above core prayers contained in petitioners’ pleadings and in recognition of the dynamic procedure that the Honorable Commission adopted throughout the National Inquiry process, the petitioners respectfully pray that the Honorable Commission make clear findings of facts and recommendations as categorically set forth and elaborated in Part EX (Recommendations and Ways Forward) of this memorandum. Although the Philippines currently has National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) from 2011 2028 (see http://dimate .emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NCCAP- Kpdf [ last accessed on 12 September 2019)]), the same is different from what petitioners envision and recommend -- as inspired by the proposal of expert witness and former Chair of this Honorable Commission, Ms. Loretta Ann Rosales since the National Action Plan will go beyond the NCCAP. See discussion on the body. 766

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