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impacts, their participation in related decision-making processes and their enhanced
social protection and climate resilience.
Promoting disability-inclusive climate action under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
62.
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, States
and other stakeholders should take measures within relevant bodies and processes to:
(a)
Ensure disability-inclusive, rights-based mitigation and adaptation;
(b)
Ensure the accessibility of the meeting venues of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and related negotiations;
(c)
Include the rights of persons with disabilities in future decisions of the
Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, in line with commitments under the Paris Agreement and international
human rights law;
(d)
Consider creating a constituency for persons with disabilities at the
climate negotiations;
(e)
Support diversity and the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the
composition of national delegations to processes under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change;
(f)
Support capacity-building for persons with disabilities to maximize their
voice, confidence and negotiation skills.
Empowering persons with disabilities as economic, social, human rights and climate
actors
63.
As a means of empowering persons with disabilities as economic, social, human
rights and climate actors, workers and employers, and to enhance their capabilities to
cope with climate change, States and other stakeholders should:
(a)
Promote equal rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities in
the labour market;
(b)
Strengthen education and vocational training for persons with
disabilities, including on issues related to sustainable development, environmental
degradation and climate change;
(c)
places;
Ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities in schools and work
(d)
Include persons with disabilities as an integral constituency in the
development of the new green economy.
Promoting disability-inclusive climate finance
64.
To ensure that climate funds benefit the countries and people that are most
affected by climate change and systematically integrate human rights and disabilityinclusion into governance structures, project approvals, implementation processes and
public participation mechanisms, States and other stakeholders should:
(a)
Conduct ex ante and ex post human rights impact assessments;
(b)
Report on the implementation of disability-inclusive policies throughout
the project cycle, based on quantitative and qualitative indicators;
(c)
Develop guidance for disability-inclusive stakeholder consultations and
facilitate the participation of organizations representing persons with disabilities.
Increasing the availability of data disaggregated by disability
65.
To improve understanding of the differentiated human rights impacts of
climate change on persons with disabilities, States and other stakeholders should:
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