A/HRC/37/35 nations, the development of relocation guidelines for protecting the rights and dignity of those concerned, the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda and the Platform on Disaster Displacement. 42. Speakers asked the panellists a number of specific questions on, inter alia the protection that the international human rights framework could offer to those affected by climate change; how coordination among existing frameworks could be improved to enhance cooperation between States, civil society and other stakeholders to protect the human rights of migrants adversely affected by climate change; how human rights and climate change considerations could be integrated into the global compact for safe, regular and orderly migration; how the global compact should reflect the linkages between human rights, climate change and migration; how the principle of non-refoulement and the rights of environmental migrants should be protected in the global compact for migration; how disaster-stricken States, particularly those with limited resources, could guarantee human rights protections; what human rights mechanisms could do to promote and protect the human rights of migrants in the context of climate change; the best way to ensure the protection of migrants, especially women and children, who faced greater climate- and migration-related risks; whether the international community should embrace migration as a climate change adaptation policy; whether a right to migrate existed; the kind of mechanism needed to calibrate States’ human rights commitments to their climate actions; and ensuring that the rights of all migrants were respected and protected, regardless of their status. C. Responses and concluding remarks 43. During and after the interactive discussion, the chair gave panellists the opportunity to respond to questions and to make concluding remarks. 44. The envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement, Mr. Kaelin, called for the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration to commit to a rights-based approach to address climate change as a driver of migration. There was, for example, a need for the effective participation of affected persons in relocation decisions, including full respect for the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples. The global compact should open pathways for safe, dignified and regular migration for those who had to leave their countries because of the effects of climate change, including loss of territory. States should pledge to use their discretion in migration matters to admit and/or refrain from returning persons displaced across borders because of the adverse effects of climate change. Humanitarian visa and temporary protection measures should be harmonized at the national and regional levels. The global compact and other relevant instruments being developed should draw upon the provisions, norms and principles contained in the 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to ensure a coherent approach to the protection of migrants displaced by the adverse effects of climate change. 45. In his concluding remarks, Mr. Kaelin emphasized the importance of disaster risk reduction to prevent harm to human rights, and called for effective international cooperation, including financial and technical support, in the aftermath of disasters. Delegations should take a consistent approach to human rights, climate change and migration at the sessions of the Human Right Council and in the negotiations on the global compact. The Council could continue to play an important role in addressing climate change and migration by supporting the engagement of special procedures and the universal periodic review mechanism with these issues. Treaty bodies also had a potential role to play. 46. Although the Executive Director of Greenpeace Africa, Ms. Kabeberi, viewed the panel discussion as a good starting point, there was a need to continue and elevate further the discussion in order to arrive at a way forward. The problems caused by climate change required collective action. Human rights organizations and environmental organizations should work together and with all other stakeholders. 8