A/HRC/35/14 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 April 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-fifth session 6-23 June 2017 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Summary of the panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on States’ efforts to realize the rights of the child and related policies, lessons learned and good practices Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 32/33, in which the Human Rights Council decided to hold a panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on States’ efforts to realize the rights of the child and related policies, lessons learned and good practices. The Council also requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit to the Council, at its session following the panel discussion, a summary report, including any recommendations stemming therefrom, for consideration of further follow-up action. The present report summarizes the panel discussion on human rights and climate change that was held on 2 March 2017 during the thirty-fourth session of the Council. GE.17-05282(E) 