A/HRC/32/23 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 6 May 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-second session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Analytical study on the relationship between climate change and the human right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present analytical study on the relationship between climate change and the human right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 29/15. In the study, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines the impacts of climate change on human rights, particularly the right to health; related human rights obligations and responsibilities of States and other actors; and the elements and benefits of a rights-based approach to addressing climate change. It concludes with several recommendations. GE.16-07407(E) 