A/HRC/35/13 objectives and should play an active role in inspiring and shaping more effective climate policies. 53. Human rights, climate change, development and disaster risk reduction, including relevant international instruments and processes, are inextricably linked. A child rights-based approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation is called for by the intersections of these various frameworks with human rights obligations. It requires States to take affirmative measures to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of all children and to integrate their rights in all climate mitigation and adaptation policies and actions. 54. Fundamentally, a child rights-based approach requires: (a) Ambitious mitigation measures to minimize the future negative impacts of climate change on children to the greatest extent possible by limiting warming to no more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, as called for in the Paris Agreement; (b) Adaptation measures that focus on protecting those children most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; (c) Mitigation and adaptation actions that are the product of participatory, evidence-based decision-making processes that take into account the ideas and best interests of children as expressed by children themselves. 55. Within these efforts, particular attention should be paid to girls, children with disabilities, indigenous children and other children who may be disproportionately affected by climate change. All children should be treated as active participants in climate action. 56. Truly sustainable, rights-based development requires climate actions that are informed by and take into consideration children’s rights, intergenerational equity and the needs of future generations. These actions should be evidence based and supported by a free, transparent exchange of good practices, resources and technical assistance adequate to address the threat of climate change in line with international human rights laws, norms and standards. B. Recommendations 57. A child-rights based approach to climate change requires all relevant actors to take steps to ensure children’s rights policy coherence, empower children to participate in climate policymaking, guarantee children access to remedies for climate harm, better understand the impacts of climate change on children and mobilize adequate resources for child rights-based climate action. When pursuing these objectives, the particular needs of those children most vulnerable to climate change and its impacts must be taken into account. 1. Ensure children’s rights policy coherence 58. States should ensure that children’s rights considerations are integrated in their climate, disaster risk reduction and development activities. Efforts should be taken to link actions, positions and processes related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Human Rights Council, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in order to establish a coherent approach to sustainable development that benefits all persons, particularly children. This should include: (a) Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals relating to child poverty and malnutrition, access to education, child mortality and health, and water and sanitation, among others, in such a way as to enhance children’s resilience to climate change and reduce inequalities; (b) Integrating children’s rights considerations in the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including in the 15