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Goals. For example, under Goal 4 (quality education) Member States are called up on to
ensure equal access to all education and vocational training, including for persons with
disabilities. Target 8.5 of Goal 8 (decent work and economic growth) determines the need
to “achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all … including for …
persons with disabilities”. Under Goal 10 (reduced inequalities), social, economic and
political inclusion, irrespective of numerous factors, including disability, are promoted.
Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities) includes ensuring access to decent housing,
services and transport, and providing universal access to green and public spaces, in
particular for persons with disabilities. Finally, in Goal 17 (global partnerships for
sustainable development) Member States are called upon to provide increased support to
developing countries for capacity-building in order to increase the availability of
disaggregated data, including by disability.
4.
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030)
37.
The promotion and protection of human rights are among the guiding principles of
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), which calls for the
integration of a disability perspective into all policies and practices, for accessibility and for
data disaggregation by disability. In the Framework the importance is recognized of
empowering persons with disabilities to lead and promote universally accessible
approaches to response, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, highlighting the latter
three phases as opportunities to “build back better”. Persons with disabilities and their
organizations are identified as critical stakeholders for disaster risk assessment and the
design and implementation of tailored plans that take into account requirements such as the
principle of universal design. In the Framework Governments are called upon to engage
with persons with disabilities in designing and implementing policies, plans and standards.
5.
SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway
38.
The SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway highlights the
importance of engaging a broad range of stakeholders for effective climate action, including
persons with disabilities. It underscores the need to address the high rates of unemployment
among persons with disabilities and calls for the development of entrepreneurial and
vocational skills, as well as support for the transition from basic to secondary education and
from school to work for persons with disabilities. In the SAMOA Pathway strengthened
education infrastructures, better health and non-discrimination for persons with disabilities
are called for, as are enhanced international cooperation and inclusive and sustainable
industrial development, with the participation of persons with disabilities, and enhanced
employment opportunities. The Pathway commits institutions to strengthening contingency
planning, disaster preparedness and response, and emergency relief for persons with
disabilities. The efforts of small island developing States to tackle structural and
socioeconomic inequalities are supported, as are efforts against intersecting discrimination
affecting women and girls, including those with disabilities. Finally, efforts to improve the
collection of data disaggregated by disability at the national level are supported.
B.
Operational framework for a disability-inclusive human rights-based
approach to climate change
39.
A disability-inclusive human rights-based approach to climate change entails climate
action that is inclusive of and accountable to persons with disabilities at all stages. Effective
climate change action relies on approaches by the whole of society in order to be
successful. Taking that approach means fully integrating human rights and disability into
climate action.
40.
Key principles of a disability-inclusive human rights-based approach to climate
change include:
(a)
The integration of principles and standards derived from international human
rights law, especially the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the
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