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d)
Request the respondent Carbon Majors to submit business
plans regarding climate change that are consistent with
both international and national human
requirements;
rights laws
and
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
on business, environment, and climate
change, using as a starting point the UNGPs and relevant
pieces of evidence herein presented; and
i)
Recommend that governments -- including the Philippines
and other countries where the respondent Carbon Majors
are domiciled and/or operate -- enhance, strengthen, or
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.
9.3.
The Honorable Commission is empowered by its mandate to be
the vanguard of the movement to secure human rights in the face of the climate
crisis. The Honorable Commission can make a significant contribution to this
movement by standing up for all Filipinos, who bear the brunt of the impacts
of climate change, despite having contributed the least to the problem. The
petitioners respectfully pray for the Honorable Commission to take
categorical and bold actions and issue the following recommendations.
668 Although the Philippines currently has National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) from 2011| pdf [last accessed on 06
2028 (see http://climate.emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NCCAPSeptember 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 in the body.
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