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disabilities, including decisions related to climate empowerment, adaptation, capacitybuilding, loss and damage, participation and a shared vision.46
32.
In the Doha work programme on article 6 of the Framework Convention, the
Conference of the Parties recognized that one goal of education was to promote the changes
needed to foster sustainable development and prepare persons with disabilities to adapt to
climate change impacts. It reaffirmed the need to engage persons with disabilities in
activities related to article 6 and specifically mentioned persons with disabilities among its
stakeholders.47 The Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the terms of reference for the
intermediate review of the Doha work programme have subsequently recalled the need to
effectively engage persons with disabilities in activities under article 6. 48 In the Lima
Ministerial Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising, the Conference of the Parties
reaffirmed the importance of public participation, access to information and knowledge for
effective climate change policies, and the need to engage stakeholders, including persons
with disabilities, in their implementation.49
33.
In the 2018 report of the Adaptation Committee, the Conference of the Parties
encouraged a participatory approach and the use of stakeholder inputs, including from
persons with disabilities, to adaptation planning and implementation.50 In the organization
of the intergovernmental process and in a shared vision for long-term cooperative action,
the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the Conference of the Parties also recognized
the need to engage broadly with stakeholders, including persons with disabilities. 51 In its
decision on the outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term
Cooperative Action under the Convention, the Conference of the Parties further reaffirmed
the importance of “acknowledging the role and needs of … persons with disabilities in
capacity-building activities”.52 That is reaffirmed in the 2011 decision on capacity-building
under the Convention.53
34.
In approaches to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts in
developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate
change to enhance adaptive capacity, the Conference of the Parties acknowledged the need
for further work to advance understanding and expertise on loss and damage. Specifically,
reference was made to the adverse effects of climate change, its effects on vulnerable
segments of the population, including those with disabilities, and the benefits to those
segments of loss and damage approaches.54
35.
In its 2010 decision entitled “The Cancun Agreements: outcome of the work of the
Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention”, the
Conference of the Parties noted Human Rights Council resolution 10/4 and its recognition
that the adverse effects of climate change are most acutely felt by the population segments
that are already vulnerable owing to various factors, including disability.55
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
36.
Human rights principles and standards are strongly reflected in the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development Goals are interdependent and the
achievement of any of the Goals requires effective climate action under Goal 13 (see
A/HRC/41/26). Persons with disabilities are given special attention under several of the
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Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Inclusiva and Centre for International Environmental Law,
“The rights of persons with disabilities in the context of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change: relevant international frameworks and compilation of decisions adopted by the parties to the
UNFCCC” (2019).
See FCCC/SBI/2012/L.47.
See FCCC/SBI/2013/20 and FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.3.
See FCCC/CP/2014/L.1/Rev.1.
See FCCC/CP/2018/10/Add.1.
See FCCC/SBI/2011/7 and FCCC/CP/2010/7/Add.1.
See FCCC/CP/2011/9/Add.1.
See FCCC/CP/2011/9/Add.2.
See FCCC/CP/2012/8/Add.1.
See FCCC/CP/2010/7/Add.1.
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