A/HRC/38/21 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Impacts of climate change on human mobility and related human rights risks ............................. 3 A. Relationship between climate change and human mobility .................................................. 4 B. Human rights risks posed by climate change-related human mobility ................................. 5 Closing human rights protection gaps for climate change-related cross-border movement .......... 7 III. A. International law and policy frameworks that specifically address human mobility and/or climate change ........................................................................................................... 7 Applying international human rights law to protect persons crossing borders in response to the adverse effects of climate change ............................................................ 10 Mobilizing the means of implementation for climate change adaptation and mitigation ..... 12 IV. Illustrative good practices ............................................................................................................. 14 V. Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 16 B. C. 2