A/HRC/RES/44/7 8. Urges States to strengthen and implement policies aimed at promoting the participation of older persons in the design of policies, plans and mechanisms in climaterelated decision-making and disaster risk reduction and management at the community, local, national, regional and international levels, including for preparedness, contingency planning, early warning, evacuation planning, emergency relief, humanitarian response and assistance arrangements; 9. Decides to incorporate into its programme of work for the forty-seventh session, on the basis of the different elements contained in the present resolution, a panel discussion focusing on the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights by older persons and best practices and lessons learned in the promotion and protection of the rights of older persons, and also decides that the panel discussion will have international sign interpretation and captioning; 10. Invites special procedure mandate holders, within their respective mandates, and other relevant stakeholders with appropriate expertise, including academic experts, and civil society organizations, including older persons and their associations, to contribute actively to the panel discussion; 11. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a summary report on the panel discussion to the Human Rights Council at its forty-ninth session, and to make the report available in accessible formats, including Plain Language and Easy-to-Read; 12. 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, including the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, the World Health Organization, 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, a study on the promotion and protection of the rights of older persons in the context of climate change, including their particular vulnerabilities, such as physical and mental health risks, and their contributions to efforts to address the adverse impact of climate change, to be circulated to States and other stakeholders, including older persons and their associations, and to be submitted to the Council prior to its forty-seventh session, and further requests the Office to make the study available in accessible formats, including Plain Language and Easyto-Read; 13. Encourages relevant special procedure mandate holders to continue to consider the issue of climate change and human rights, including the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, particularly the rights of older persons, within their respective mandates; 14. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 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; 15. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 27th meeting 16 July 2020 [Adopted without a vote.] 6