A/HRC/32/24 Agenda for Sustainable Development called for a human-rights based approach to sustainable development. In this regard, various delegations emphasized accountability for commitments, participatory decision-making, the protection of the rights of the most vulnerable, education and access to remedy, among other issues. 32. Delegations supported the continuing discussion on climate change at the Human Rights Council and agreed that protecting the right to health required addressing climate change. They observed that climate change disproportionately affected people and groups in vulnerable situations, including the poor, indigenous peoples, women and children. This, in turn, deepened social inequalities and threatened the underlying determinants of health, including housing, water and food. Several delegations observed that those problems were worse in States that were particularly vulnerable to climate change as a result of their unique geographic and climactic conditions and/or economic circumstances. It was further noted that, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, States were obligated to address the negative health impacts of climate change on children. 33. Most delegations raised specific health impacts of climate change in their countries. These included: expanding insect-borne and waterborne disease vectors, which contributed to increasing incidences of dengue, pertussis, malaria, chikungunya, zika and diarrhoea, among other diseases; droughts and declining crop yields, which contributed to malnutrition and starvation; heat stress and air pollution, which contributed to respiratory and cardiovascular disease; and natural disasters and extreme weather events, which contributed to displacement, loss of life, reallocation and the destruction of resources and the destruction of housing. Several delegations emphasized that climate change and its impacts also posed a threat to mental health. Delegations agreed that climate change jeopardized lives, compromised water and food supplies, heightened the potential for conflicts and threatened sustainable development objectives, including fulfilment of the right to health. 34. Many delegations called for increased local, national and international cooperation in support of sustainable development. They emphasized that climate change, including its human rights impacts, could only be addressed through cooperation, including technical and financial support and technology transfer. Several delegations highlighted the differences in capacity between developed and developing countries, and called for developed countries to lead the charge against climate change in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibility that is found in both the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The impacts of climate change were often disproportionately felt by developing countries that had contributed the least to climate change, and these countries should receive climate adaptation assistance that was additional to existing development assistance commitments. In this context, the importance of fulfilling the right to development was specifically emphasized. 35. Various delegations called for specific measures to address the impacts of climate change on human rights, including: the lowering of barriers to the transfer of technologies to address climate change; the adoption of preventive measures, including universal health coverage; gender equality, women’s empowerment and the full and equal participation of women in decision-making processes, including those related to disaster risk reduction and resilience; health and environmental impact assessments; enhanced research and improved data collection for the implementation of efficient and timely responses to the negative impacts of climate change on determinants of health; the acceleration of research and development efforts related to diagnosis and treatment of diseases and control of disease vectors; accountability for all actors and sectors of the economy; improved cooperation between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Human Rights Council; targeted assistance and poverty reduction for States vulnerable to climate 8