A/HRC/RES/43/14 Reaffirming the principles and commitments with regard to adequate housing enshrined in the relevant provisions of declarations and programmes adopted by major United Nations conferences and summits, inter alia, the New Urban Agenda adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), and underlining the importance of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including target 11.1, Concerned that the right to adequate housing is not realized for many throughout the world and that millions continue to live in substandard housing, and millions more are homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness, and recognizing that this situation should be addressed by urgent and immediate measures by States, in accordance with existing international human rights commitments and obligations and with the support, where necessary, of the international community, Expressing deep concern at the number and scale of natural disasters and their negative impact on the right to adequate housing, and in this regard affirming the need for the continued implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– 2030, Emphasizing that the adverse effects of climate change have a range of implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of human rights, inter alia, the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Deeply concerned that investment in housing has often become primarily a financial instrument solely and exclusively focused on seeking high returns, disconnecting it from its social function as a place to live in security and dignity, Recognizing that security of tenure enhances the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing and is significant to the enjoyment of many other economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights, and that all persons should possess a degree of security of tenure that guarantees legal protection against forced eviction, harassment and other threats, Recalling the guiding principles on security of tenure for the urban poor, and of the basic principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement, submitted to the Human Rights Council by previous mandate holders, Noting with appreciation the work of the treaty bodies, in particular the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in the promotion of the rights relating to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, including all its relevant general comments and, for States parties to the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the examination of individual communications, 1. Calls upon States: (a) To give due consideration to integrating the human right to adequate housing into the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (b) To take urgent measures to address inadequate housing and to improve the living circumstances of persons residing in informal settlements, in compliance with international human rights law; (c) To take the measures necessary to curb factors that result in a lack of affordable housing, such as housing speculation and the “financialization of housing”;1 (d) To take the right to adequate housing into account in strategies for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change; (e) To work with affected communities and individuals to develop and promote environmentally sustainable and sound housing design, construction and maintenance to address the effects of climate change while ensuring the right to adequate housing; 1 2 See A/HRC/34/51.