\u201cThe Philippine government must extend the call for accountability and justice to corporations, such as Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total, and BP, whose climate change causing businesses are harming Filipinos. The fossil fuel industry is composed of the world\u2019s largest and richest companies that rake in profits by the trillions of dollars while the poorest and most vulnerable communities reel from calamities caused by increasingly stronger typhoons. These corporations must be also held responsible for their past and present actions.[2]<\/sup>\u201d<\/p>\n\n Greenpeace is also urging President Rodrigo Duterte to issue a Climate Emergency Declaration<\/strong> to strengthen an urgent whole-of-government and whole-of-society mobilization to respond to the climate crisis at the scale and speed needed to address it and protect the Filipino people. [3]<\/sup> The group believes that the declaration must also call on the international community to act with the same urgency and scale, and demand equity from governments and accountability from corporations for the sake of countries that are least responsible but face the most vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n Notes: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n [1] Scientific studies<\/a> show that only a handful of companies are responsible for most of the historical greenhouse gas emissions since the 18th century. Meanwhile, 47 investor-owned companies now the subject of a Climate Change Inquiry by the Commission on Human Rights<\/a> contributed to an equivalent to 21.6% of estimated global industrial emissions.<\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-philippines-stateless\/2020\/11\/02beeff8-gettyimages-1229585670-1024x683.jpg\")
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