A/HRC/RES/38/4 principles thereof, to address efficiently the economic, cultural and social impacts and challenges that climate change represents, for the full and effective enjoyment of human rights for all, particularly to support the resilience and adaptive capacities of women and girls both in rural and urban areas to respond to the adverse impacts of climate change; 5. Calls upon States to continue and enhance international cooperation and assistance, in particular in financing, the transfer of technology and capacity-building, for mitigation and adaptation measures to assist developing countries, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, to better promote human rights in general and women’s access in particular to food and nutrition, safe drinking water and sanitation, health-care services and medicines, education and training, adequate housing and decent work, clean energy, science and technology; 6. Urges States to strengthen and implement policies aimed at increasing the participation of women in climate change responses at the local, national, regional and international levels, and calls upon the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and other United Nations agencies to support upon request national programmes and projects in this regard; 7. Decides to incorporate into the programme of work for the forty-first session of the Human Rights Council, on the basis of the different elements contained in the present resolution, a panel discussion on the theme “Women’s rights and climate change: climate action, best practices and lessons learned”, focusing on best practices and lessons learned in the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls in the context of the adverse impacts of climate change; 8. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a summary report of the panel discussion to the Human Rights Council at its forty-second session; 9. Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in consultation with and taking into account the views of States, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Meteorological Organization and other relevant international organizations and intergovernmental bodies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other stakeholders, to conduct, from within existing resources, an analytical study on the integration of a gender-responsive approach into climate action at the local, national, regional and international levels for the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of women, to be circulated to States and other stakeholders and to be submitted to the Council in sufficient time but no later than 30 days prior to the forty-first session; 10. Invites special procedure mandate holders, within their respective mandates, and other relevant stakeholders with appropriate expertise, including academic experts and civil society organizations, to contribute actively to the panel discussion; 11. Encourages relevant special procedure mandate holders to continue to consider the issue of climate change and human rights, including the adverse impacts of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, particularly women’s rights, within their respective mandates; 12. Decides to consider the possibility of organizing follow-up events on climate change and human rights; 13. Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide all the human and technical assistance necessary for the effective and timely realization of the above-mentioned panel discussion and the summary report thereon; 14. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 37th meeting 5 July 2018 [Adopted without a vote.] 5