A/HRC/RES/44/7 environment, focusing on climate change and human rights5 and on air pollution and human rights,6 the report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, relating to climate change and poverty, 7 the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, focusing on the right to food in the context of natural disasters,8 and the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, on the human rights of older persons in emergency situations, 9 Welcoming the work of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which asserts that climate change is a major threat to the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Noting the importance of facilitating meaningful interaction between the human rights and climate change communities at both the national and international levels in order to build capacity to deliver responses to climate change that respect and promote human rights, taking into account the Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action and other similar efforts, Noting also the establishment and work of regional, subregional and other initiatives, such as the Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action (Samoa Pathway) on addressing the adverse impact of climate change, 1. Expresses concern that climate change has contributed and continues to contribute to the increased frequency and intensity of both sudden-onset natural disasters and slow-onset events, and that these adversely affect the full enjoyment of all human rights; 2. 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 for the people whose situation is most vulnerable to climate change; 3. Calls upon States to consider, among other aspects, human rights within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; 4. Calls upon all States to adopt a comprehensive, integrated, gender-responsive, age-inclusive and disability-inclusive approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the objective and principles thereof, to address efficiently the economic, cultural and social impact and human rights challenges that climate change presents, for the full and effective enjoyment of human rights for all, and particularly to support the resilience and adaptive capacities of older persons, both in rural and urban areas, to respond to the adverse impact 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; 6. Also calls upon States to better promote human rights in general and the access of older persons in particular to livelihoods, food and nutrition, safe drinking water and sanitation, social protection, health-care services and medicines, education and training, adequate housing and decent work, clean energy, science and technology, and ensure services can be adapted to emergency and humanitarian contexts; 7. Further calls upon States to develop, strengthen and implement policies for the protection of the right of older persons in response to climate change, as appropriate, by, among other actions, the inclusion of their rights, specific risks, needs and capabilities in climate action plans and other relevant policies or legislation, the mainstreaming of climate change action into resilient and adaptive social and health care, and the provision of information on climate change and disaster preparedness response and planning through all accessible means of communication; 5 6 7 8 9 A/HRC/43/53 and A/74/161. A/HRC/40/55. A/HRC/41/39. A/HRC/37/61. A/HRC/42/43. 5