A/HRC/RES/44/7 Recognizing the need for ensuring meaningful participation, inclusion and leadership of older persons and their representative organizations within disaster risk management, emergency relief efforts and climate-related decision-making and in the design of policies, plans and mechanisms at the community, local, national, regional and global levels, Expressing concern that developing countries, particularly least developed countries and small island developing States, lacking the resources to implement their adaptation plans and programmes of action and effective adaptation strategies, may suffer from higher exposure to extreme weather events in both rural and urban areas, Taking into account the imperatives of a just transition of the workforce and the creation of decent work and quality jobs in accordance with nationally defined development priorities, Emphasizing the importance of implementing the commitments undertaken under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on mitigation, adaptation and the provision and mobilization of finance, technology transfer and capacity-building to developing countries, and emphasizing also that realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement would enhance the implementation of the Convention and ensure the greatest possible adaptation and mitigation efforts in order to minimize the adverse impact of climate change on present and future generations, Urging States that have not already ratified the Paris Agreement and the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to do so, Welcoming the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changeheld in Madrid in December 2019 under the presidency of Chile, and taking note of the Katowice climate package agreed at the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties, held in Katowice, Poland, in December 2018 in connection with the Paris Agreement, Noting the announcements and commitments made by Governments and by private sector leaders at the Climate Action Summit held on 23 September 2019 in New York, including the call to action for resilience and adaptation, and recognizing that the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible international cooperation to address the adverse impact of climate change, to which vulnerable segments, including older persons, are particularly at risk, Noting also the importance of some elements of the concept of “climate justice” when taking action to address climate change, Noting with appreciation the continued efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in highlighting the need to respond to the global challenge of climate change, including by reaffirming the commitments to ensure effective climate action while advocating for the promotion and protection of human rights for all, including older persons, Welcoming the convening of a panel discussion on persons with disabilities, and looking forward to the summary report on the discussion to be prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Noting the analytical study on the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 41/21 of 12 July 2019, 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 older persons, when taking action to address the adverse effects of climate change, Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable 4