A/HRC/RES/41/21 Welcoming the World Meteorological Organization Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018, its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, that highlights the record rise in sea levels and the exceptionally high land and ocean temperatures recorded in recent years, and expressing concerns at their adverse impacts on human rights, Noting 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 persons with disabilities, when taking action to address the adverse effects of climate change, Taking note 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 environment focusing on climate change and human rights 3 and on air pollution and human rights,4 the report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights relating to climate change and poverty,5 and the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food focusing on the right to food in the context of natural disasters,6 Noting with appreciation the work of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which asserted 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 impacts 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 events have adverse effects on 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. Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to support the Secretary-General in the preparation of the climate action summit and through its follow-up arrangements, in coordination with other relevant international organizations, agencies, convention secretariats and programmes; 5. Calls upon all States to adopt a comprehensive, integrated, gender-responsive 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 challenges that climate change represents, for the full and effective enjoyment of human rights for all, and particularly to support the resilience and adaptive capacities of persons with disabilities both in rural and urban areas to respond to the adverse impacts of climate change; 3 4 5 6 4 A/HRC/31/52. A/HRC/40/55. A/HRC/41/39. A/HRC/37/61.