Memorandum for the Petitioners |156 9.7. Now, the Honorable Commission has another significant opportunity to aid communities, judiciaries, national human rights institutions, administrative agencies, and other stakeholders by sharing the full record of the National Inquiry, which includes all the pieces of evidence it has gathered, in a user-friendly and searchable database or website accessible to all. The contents should also include all the documents in the following websites which were mentioned in the proceedings and are relevant to the National Inquiry: 1. 2. 3. https://www.smokeandfumes.org; http://www.climatefiles.com; and https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/fossilfuel/ 9.8. With this, the Honorable Commission will be providing an essential resource that is necessary for the protection of human rights. More importantly, it will help deliver justice to the community witnesses, who bravely testified against some of the biggest companies in the world, by preserving their stories of climate injustice and hope for a better future, which will be remembered for the historical record, for legislating meaningful laws, and for understanding what justice could look like. There are a number of academic institutions in the Philippines and worldwide that would likely be willing to assist with this important service for humanity. C. The Honorable Commission should monitor people and communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on an ongoing basis 9.9. following The National communities Inquiry has heard in Luzon, Visayas, from representatives and Mindanao through of the visits, dialogues, and oral testimonies during the public inquiry hearings: (a) Libon, Albay; (b) Legazpi, Albay; (c) Tacloban City; (d) Tanauan, Leyte; (e) Province of Isabela; (f) Alabat, Quezon; (g) Iligan City; (h) Bukidnon; (i) Cagayan de Oro City; (j) Batangas City (Verde Island Passage); (k) Bataan; (1) Benguet, Ifugao Province; (m) Camarines Norte; (n) Marikina; (0) Rizal; and (p); Kamotes Island, Cebu. The Honorable Commission should set up a system to continuously and regularly monitor them, along with other communities in the Philippines which were found to be vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 9.10. In its monitoring function, the Honorable Commission should conduct community visits, record testimonies from focused group discussions and/or key informant interviews, provide capacity building for local government units in assessing and documenting climate damage, and provide legal assistance to community members continuing to suffer from climaterelated human rights impacts.

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