Thread by @cmuffett1

Fifth and penultimate tweet thread on @CHRPhilippines final report in its landmark inquiry into role and responsibilities of #CarbonMajors in climate-related human rights violations in the Philippines. This thread: the Commission's call on Carbon Majors and other companies.

.@CHRPhilippines calls on #CarbonMajors and other industries to publicly disclose due diligence and climate and human rights impact assessment results and the measures companies taken in response to those results. (130)

"The public has the right to know the specific climate risks that each carbon major contributes to or may be involved in through the continued production, sales and use of their products." (130)

Commission urges carbon majors to stop undermining climate science, acknowledge that their products have widely contributed to climate change, denounce all forms of climate denial propaganda, and stop funding lobbies, politicians, and others that spread false information. ( 131)

"Once and for all, they should let science tell the truth about climate change in order to hasten the global effort towards transitioning to clean and renewable energy." (131)

"Carbon Majors must stop further exploration of new oil fields or other sources of fossil fuels. The existing glut in reserves will only become stranded assets in the future." (131)

They should contribute to funds for implementing mitigation and adaptation measures not only in the jurisdictions where they operate and in areas that bear the brunt of climate impacts, and finance measures to alleviate the plight of those affected by climate driven harms. (131)

.@CHRPhilippines notes that Financial Institutions and Investors' "role as financiers of sectors and projects that generate GHG emissions, including and most significantly, the fossil fuel industry, make them similarly accountable" for climate change. (132)

"Financial Institutions must refrain from financing fossil fuel-related projects." (133) They must refuse "to inject capital into activities related to fossil fuel extractions and conventional fossil fuel-based power generation." (133)

Investors must pressure FF industry to transition by divesting assets related to the fossil fuel industry, and be mindful of their own obligation to respect human rights by ensuring companies they invest in don't tolerate, propagate, or contribute to rights violations. (134)

& "The Commission fully supports the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement as a strategy to mitigate climate change. ...[It] hopes that this movement will gain maximum global traction and inspire more investors to use their economic power to support climate axn." (135) @divestinvestorg

It calls on human rights bodies worldwide to undertake a more significant examination of the HRts responsibilities of businesses, (138) and commit to achieving climate justice, particularly for those acutely impacted who have contributed least to the crisis. (140) @Ganhri1

And it calls on Courts to interpret the law in conformity with international obligations and act as enforcement tools of States' international obligations--including those related to climate change. (141)

"In the determination of claims and liabilities, courts may take judicial notice of the findings of NHRIs or other similar bodies." (143)

Finally, it calls on the Philippine government to declare a climate emergency, strengthen its climate action plan, and adopt measures to improve access to justice and access to remedy for those harmed by climate impacts. (152-160)

Next and final thread: Reflections and closing thoughts.