Thread by @cmuffett1

@CHRPhilippines inquiry into human rights responsibilities of #CarbonMajors, thread 2.

Right to water/sanitation:“Extreme weather events, sea level rise and rising temperatures result in water scarcity and increased competition for clean water resources, disruption to sanitations systems, contamination of drinking water and exacerbation of spread of diseases.” (45)

Haiyan survivor Marielle Trixie J. Bacason testified that after Typhoon Haiyan “she had to walk several miles to a relative’s house, passing dead bodies on the way, just to access clean water.” (46)

Livelihoods: Witnesses confirmed agricultural impacts from increased pests & diseases, inundation of crops, drastically reduced yields.(48) Fisherfolk testified to reduced catches and increased safety risks.(48) Jeepney drivers can now work only a few hours a day in summer. (49)

“Indubitably, the impacts of climate change rob individuals and communities of their ability to make a living. It places a heavy burden on workers …who face job insecurity, lower income, poor working conditions, and increased poverty.” (49)

Adequate Housing: “In the Philippines…climate change is driving internal displacement and homelessness.” (50) "Because it is a danger zone and climate changes, typhoons are stronger, waves are stronger, we are told to leave our houses." (Test. Pablo Rosales, fisher, at 51)

Climate change endangers preservation of culture."Traditional livelihoods and ancestral traditions of many indigenous peoples' communities which are dependent on natural resources are threatened or may even be extinguished by climate change." (53)

“Climate change prevents the realization of the right to self-determination and development when victims thereof are trapped in an endless cycle of dealing with its adverse impacts. There lives are spent surviving one climate change impact after another….”(54)

“We lost everything again, everything that mattered to us. …How can we survive? When would this process of recovering and rebuilding end?” (Test. Veronica Cabe, Ketsana survivor, 55)

“Climate change impacts Filipino women in several significant areas including agriculture production, climate-induced migration, and post-disaster gender-based violence. "(57)

"Over the last two decades, 15 times as many infants have died in the 24 months after typhoons than in the typhoons themselves. Of those infants, 80% were girls.” (57)

“In the case of typhoon Haiyan, we know that almost six million of the fourteen million people affected were children.” (Test. of Joni Pegram, 58)

“[A]n estimated additional seventy thousand Filipino children will be malnourished by 2050 due to the impact of climate change.”(59)

Rising temps also increase incidence of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, with the heaviest disease burden falling on children. (59)

“Indigenous communities are uniquely at-risk.” (60) Climate driven environmental degradation “doubly affects” Philippines’ est. 14-17 million indigenous peoples “as the environment is a natural extension of their livelihood, survival, and cultural identity.” (61)

Older adults are among most vulnerable during extreme weather events, particularly when separated from their families and caregivers. (62) Their livelihoods, social and cultural activities can also be affected. (62)

“The country’s poorest communities are especially vulnerable because of the shortage of socio-economic resources necessary to cope with climate impacts. The poor are more likely to forego food, health, or education in order to finance their recovery from climate disasters.” (64)

“The LGBTQIA+ community... is especially vulnerable to exclusion, violence, and exploitation.” These vulnerabilities are aggravated by climate change as LGBTQIA+ persons are often denied access to social opportunities and infrastructure needed to cope with climate impacts. (65)

UN HRC recognition of human right to a healthy environment “affirms Filipino’s constitutionally-guaranteed rights to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. However, with climate change, this rhythm and harmony has been disrupted.” (66)

Climate impacts are long-term and widespread, and GHGs persist for centuries—denying future generations' “right to inherit the same diversity in natural and cultural resources enjoyed by previous generations and to equitable access to the use and benefits of these resources.”(67)

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