A/HRC/32/24 change in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibility; and efforts to ensure that climate mitigation and adaptation strategies benefit rather than harm people. 36. Several delegations posed specific questions to the panellists, inter alia, related to strengthening the participation and education of children on climate change issues; good practices in guaranteeing the rights of children; the role of the private sector in addressing climate change; strategies for capital development while protecting natural resources; the need for and potential role of a special procedures mandate on human rights and climate change; effective techniques for combatting the spread of insect-borne diseases and monitoring waterborne diseases; effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and the disproportionate impact of climate change on women’s health. 37. Other delegations highlighted the specific measures taken by their Governments to address climate change and its impacts on the right to health, including: the adoption of relevant plans, policies and laws; the creation of new mechanisms to promote information sharing, raise awareness and identify priorities; the promotion of a cross-sectorial approach to climate and health; the employment of impact assessments; and the use of targets, guidelines and indicators. C. Responses and concluding remarks 38. During and after the interactive discussion, the moderator gave panellists the opportunity to respond to questions and to make concluding remarks. He observed that discussants had expressed a common concern about the impacts of climate change on persons in vulnerable situations, such as women, children, the elderly and the socially and economically disadvantaged. As developing countries were most severely threatened by climate change, there needed to be a link between the right to development and climate change policies. Noting that Viet Nam was one of the five most vulnerable countries to climate change, he called for the impacts of the phenomenon to be addressed by conducting further studies, streamlining climate change and health policies and working at the local, regional and international levels. Accountability and cooperation were essential. The moderator asked panellists to consider these issues, including specifically the role of citizens and local governments in fighting climate change and managing its effects and accountability for climate change. 39. In her remarks, the Chair of the International Union for Nutritional Sciences task force for climate and nutrition emphasized the importance of women and girls’ education, gender equality and equity for addressing climate change. Health education in particular was critical for vulnerable populations. Some school programmes in parts of Latin America and North Africa had been effective in addressing these issues, particularly in promoting girls’ education. It was also crucial to improve women’s access to land, technologies, credit, social protection and resilient health systems in all parts of the world. Climate finance should support measures that bring additional health benefits and respect gender and human rights. As regards the role of the private sector, public-private partnerships could play a role in ensuring universal health coverage and promoting climate resilience and disaster risk reduction. Finally, she described several techniques for addressing insectborne diseases, which included environmental health interventions, education, insecticide spray, the elimination of breeding areas, surveillance and the development of modified mosquitoes. 40. The Coordinator of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad emphasized that climate change had the greatest impacts on persons living in vulnerable situations. Those most affected included indigenous peoples. Health was critical for 9