Filipino communities in the frontlines of the climate crisis are hoping that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will hold the world's biggest polluting companies accountable for human rights violations due to the impacts of climate change.
Filipino communities in the frontlines of the climate crisis are hoping that the Commission on Human Rights will hold the world’s biggest polluting companies accountable for human rights violations due to the impacts of climate change.The CHR is already preparing to release at the end of August its resolution on the world’s first investigation on climate-related human rights violations of fossil fuel companies.
They said the climate crisis has threatened Filipinos’ lives and livelihoods and disrupted access to basic needs. Climate justice campaigner Virginia Benosa-Llorin said petitioners are awaiting the release of CHR’s findings as it could also strengthen calls to ensure a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Veronica Cabe, coordinator for Nuclear-Free Bataan Movement and one of the petitioners, said they hope “that the CHR resolution will not just tell our stories, but will also encourage actions.
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