The National Inquiry on Climate Change Report sets the tone for the next administration’s gargantuan task of demanding climate justice. Kalikasan PNE urges our future leaders to prioritize the report’s recommendation of enacting a law imposing legal human rights liabilities against corporations linked to the climate crisis.
One such proposed law is the People’s Green New Deal (PGND), which seeks to create an emergency economic stimulus program for a just and green recovery.
The PGND enjoins government to establish just compensation mechanisms to claim reparations from top climate polluter countries and corporations. This can be patterned after the Human Rights Victims Claims Board was established to investigate and compensate for human rights abuses perpetrated during the Marcos dictatorship.
We commend the Commission on Human Rights for standing up against fossil fuel giants and other climate criminals who sought to strike down the petition and inquiry on climate and human rights. The ball is now in the hands of the next administration to act on the report’s recommendations.#
