4th Climate Change & Human Rights Public Hearing (Part 1 of 2)

Name

Position/Organization

Topic

Timestamp

Marinel S. Ubaldo

Filipino youth super typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda survivor

She shared her experience as a youth who experienced the wrath of super typhoon Haiyan that struck Tacloban City in November 2013 and how it impacted her basic human rights and changed her life as a survivor

38:10-47:48

Cristina Cocadiz

Candice Sering

Filipino-American Hurricane Sandy survivors

They shared their experiences as Filipino-Americans who survived the wrath of Hurricane Sandy that struck New York City in October 2012 and how the extreme weather event impacted their basic human rights and changed their lives as survivors.

48:50-1:31:50

Brenda Ekwurzel

Senior Climate Scientist and Director of Climate Science for the Climate and Energy Program of the Union of Concerned Scientists

She discussed attribution research, specifically the research she co-authored, “The rise in global atmospheric CO2 surface temperature and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers,” and other matters relevant to the inquiry.

2:07:55-2:53:02

Katherine Lofts

Human Rights and Environmental Lawyer, Legal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and Former Executive Editor of the International Journal of Sustainable Development Policy

She shared her expertise on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR) and Climate Change and how Climate Change acts as a threat multiplier

4:12:33-4:55:55

Kert Davies

Founder and Director of Climate Investigations Center

She shared evidence of fossil fuel companies, trade associations and other organizations engaged in decades long campaign to undermine climate science and action and discuss other matters relevant to the inquiry.

4:56:23-5:58:33

Sharon Y. Eubanks

Former Director at U.S. Department of Justice Litigation Team and Lead Counsel, on behalf of the United States, in the largest civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations [RICO] enforcement action ever filed, United States v. Philip Morris USA, et al., the federal tobacco litigation

She shared the summary of the federal tobacco case in the United States, explain the basis of the tobacco company’s accountability for the health impacts of smoking, correlate it with the climate deception being undertaken by respondent carbon majors (similarities in the corporate behavior of the tobacco industry and the fossil fuel industry).

6:23:21-7:14:26

John Knox

Former Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment

7:16:01-7:46:56