A/HRC/RES/38/4 Noting the research on addressing human rights protection gaps in the context of migration and the displacement of persons across international borders resulting from the sudden-onset and slow-onset adverse effects of climate change and the necessary means of implementation of adaptation and mitigation plans of developing countries to bridge the protection gaps undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/20 of 22 June 2017,5 Noting also that the human rights obligations and responsibilities as enshrined in the relevant international human rights instruments provide roles for States and other duty bearers, including businesses, to promote, protect and respect, as would be appropriate, human rights, including those of women and girls, when taking action to address the adverse effects of climate change, Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment focusing on climate change and human rights,6 Noting that the Special Rapporteur on the right to food asserted that climate change has long-term and deeper impacts on food insecurity, and recommended that increasing finance to support developing countries in tackling climate change impacts, through adaptation and by addressing loss and damage, is essential,7 Noting with appreciation the work of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which asserted that climate change is a major threat to the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Noting the importance of facilitating meaningful interaction between the human rights and climate change communities at both the national and international levels in order to build capacity to deliver responses to climate change that respect and promote human rights, taking into account the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action and other similar efforts, Noting also the establishment and work of regional and subregional initiatives on climate change, including those incorporating a gender-responsive approach, Noting with appreciation the statement made in 2009 by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on gender and climate change, Noting the work being undertaken on the rights of women and girls in the context of the adverse impacts of climate change by United Nations agencies, bodies and entities, including the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the Committee on the Status of Women, 1. Expresses concern that climate change has contributed and continues to contribute to the increased frequency and intensity of both sudden-onset natural disasters and slow-onset events, and that these events have adverse effects on the full enjoyment of all human rights; 2. Emphasizes the urgent importance of continuing to address, as they relate to States’ human rights obligations, the adverse consequences of climate change for all, particularly in developing countries and for the people whose situation is most vulnerable to climate change; 3. Calls upon States to consider, among other aspects, human rights within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 4. Calls upon all States to adopt a comprehensive, integrated and genderresponsive approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the objective and 5 6 7 4 A/HRC/38/21. A/HRC/31/52. See A/HRC/37/61.