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Six resource persons gave their expert opinions on the liability or
accountability of Carbon Majors;74 the legal framework of human
rights responsibility of transnational corporations;75 analysis of the
Inter-American Human Rights Court’s opinion on the right to a healthy environment;76
and climate change impacts on the agriculture sector, fish and seaweed supplies,
reef ecology, and food chain supply in relation to the Philippines’ food security.77
On 29 and 30 August 2018, the third set of public hearings was held at the Session Hall
of the CHRP in Metro Manila, where six resource speakers shared their stories and
concerns. A transgender woman who survived Super Typhoon Haiyan (local: Yolanda)
shared how climate change compounded gender-based discrimination;78 fisherfolks and
farmers from Capalonga, Camarines Norte79 narrated how their lives were impacted; and
indigenous people from Ifugao Province articulated how climate change impacted their
rice terraces in Banawe, which in turn adversely affected their cultural traditions.80
Eight expert resource persons tackled topics relating to recent climate scenarios;
the vulnerabilities and specific impacts of climate change on children;81
the GHG contributions of the individual Carbon Majors;82 the documented corporate actions
and communications on climate change of ExxonMobil83 and Shell;84 the vulnerability of
the Philippines’ biodiversity to climate change;85 the health impacts of climate change
and the pathophysiology of heat stress, air pollution, and the Zika virus;86 valuing climate
change impacts, financial policies and climate change as risk multipliers for agricultural
livelihoods;87 and extreme weather attribution science and climate litigation.88
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Mr. Carroll Muffett.
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Dr. Michael Addo.
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Dr. Marcos Orellana.
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Undersecretary Sigfredo Serrano of the Department of Agriculture and Dr. Mudjekeewis Santos.
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Ms. Jean Golong, a transgender woman.
79
Mr. Elicer G. Lauce and Ms. Delia A. Tulagan.
80
Ms. Delia A. Tulagan, Mr. Buucan Hangdaan, Ms. Dalia Nalliw, and Mr. William Mamanglo.
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Dr. Rosa Perez and Dr. Celine Vicente.
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Mr. Richard Heede.
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Dr. Geoffrey Supran.
84
Mr. Carroll Muffett.
85
Dr. Neil Aldrin Mallari.
86
Dr. Jonathan Moses Jadloc.
87
Mr. Glenn Stuart Hodes.
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Ms. Sophie Marjanac.
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