(i) (ii) (iii) the actions of the ‘carbon majors’ are interfering with Filipinos’ right to life; there is a corresponding obligation on both the carbon majors and the Government of the Republic of The Philippines to take reasonable steps to preserve life; and that an investigation is necessary to determine responsibility and appropriate remedial action. The structure of the Petition therefore accords with general principles of human rights law. The potential for climate change to interfere with the right to life is widely acknowledged by human rights institutions. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for example, has made the connection with specific reference to loss of life in The Philippines7: Climate change clearly poses a threat to human life … As highlighted by Renan Dalisay, Administrator of the National Food Authority of the Philippines, Yolanda which “left a path of death and destruction, claiming no less than 7500 precious Filipino lives, mostly in economically vulnerable communities,” this threat extends to both present and future generations. Yolanda, or Typhoon Haiyan as it is more commonly known internationally, was an extreme weather event. According to the IPCC, the risk of having further extreme weather events and the resulting endangerment of human lives is “moderate to high at temperatures of 1°C to 2°C above pre- industrial levels.” A recent report by the World Bank affirms this risk, finding that “further health impacts of climate change could include injuries and deaths due to extreme weather events.” In the context of climate change, extreme weather events may be the most visible and most dramatic threat to the enjoyment of the right to life but they are by no means the only one. The Council of Europe Manual on Human Rights and the Environment, 2012, pays specific attention to the right to life (Part II, Chapter 1): 7 See Understanding Human Rights and Climate Change, Submission of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 26 November 2015 (http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/COP21.pdf) 10