A/HRC/RES/26/27
development and the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and recalling that in no
case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence,
Expressing concern that, while these implications affect individuals and
communities around the world, the adverse effects of climate change will be felt most
acutely by those segments of the population that are already in vulnerable situations owing
to factors such as geography, poverty, gender, age, indigenous or minority status and
disability,
Reaffirming that people in developing countries, particularly in least developed
countries, small island developing States and African countries, that have contributed the
least to global greenhouse gas emissions, are among the most vulnerable to the adverse
effects of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of all human rights, including
the right to development, and should be provided with predictable, sustainable and adequate
support to meet the costs of adaptation to and mitigation of those adverse effects,
Recognizing the need to give due consideration in the elaboration of the post-2015
development agenda to the role of international cooperation in relation to the special needs
and particular circumstances of developing countries and to addressing the adverse impact
of climate change on the full and effective realization of human rights,
Recognizing also that climate change is an urgent global problem requiring a global
solution, and that effective international cooperation to enable the full, effective and
sustained implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change in accordance with the provisions and principles of the Convention is important in
order to support national efforts for the realization of human rights affected by climate
change-related impact,
Noting that, as stated in the Rio Declaration, States should cooperate to strengthen
endogenous capacity-building for sustainable development by improving scientific
understanding through the exchange of scientific and technological knowledge, and by
enhancing the development, adaptation, diffusion and transfer of technologies, including
new innovative technologies,
Affirming that human rights obligations, standards and principles have the potential
to inform and strengthen international, regional and national policymaking in the area of
climate change, promoting policy coherence, legitimacy and sustainable outcomes,
Noting the establishment of the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the launching of the
second edition of Climate Vulnerability Monitor in 2012 in New York, which may become
a useful tool to orient public policies,
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Reiterates its concern that the adverse effects of climate change have a range
of direct and indirect implications for the effective enjoyment of all human rights, and that
the effects of climate change will be felt most acutely by individuals and communities
around the world that are already in vulnerable situations owing to geography, poverty,
gender, age, indigenous or minority status or disability;
2.
Expresses concern that climate change has contributed to the increase 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;
3.
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 its people whose situation is most vulnerable to
climate change, especially those in a situation of extreme poverty, and deteriorating
livelihood conditions;
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