32 Marinel Ubaldo, a survivor of Super Typhoon Haiyan (local: Yolanda), narrated: I went back to our house even though the winds were still strong, as I wanted to see if we still have a home to go back to. Though it was still dangerous for me to go back, I also wanted to save a box that has a sentimental value to me. That box was very special to me because it was filled with my personal things, my literary works, the medals and certificates I earned in school. For me, that box symbolizes who I am. My achievements, my self-worth. Nothing was left of our home and losing that box also felt like losing my identity, my dreams, my significance as a person.137 The aftermath of extreme weather events attributed to climate change dehumanizes the human person. The combination of loss of lives, deprivation of basic needs, material loss, emotional trauma and hopelessness that these survivors experience strip them of their dignities. 2. Adverse Impacts of Climate Change in the Philippines Long-term data over a 20-year period places the Philippines as the fifth most climate change-affected country in the Global Climate Risk Index.138 Yet, the country only accounts for 0.3 percent of global emissions.139 It is evident that the burden of climate change falls disproportionately on the Filipino people. Culled from the testimonies of resource persons presented during the Inquiry hearings, fact-finding missions, community dialogues, KIIs, and FGDs, this section illustrates how the brunt of climate change has prevented many Filipinos from living their lives with dignity. 137 T.S.N. of the Fourth Inquiry Hearing dated 27-28 September 2018, at 7. 139 World Bank, Getting a Grip on Climate Change in the Philippines: Executive Report, available at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16525 [hereinafter World Bank, Getting a Grip]. 138 David Eckstein, Marie-Lena Hutfils & Maik Winges, Global Climate Risk Index 2019: Who Suffers Most From Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2017 and 1998 to 2017 (Briefing Paper Published by Germanwatch e.V. (2018), available at https://germanwatch.org/sites/ germanwatch.org/files/Global%20Climate%20Risk%20Index%202019_2.pdf.