A/HRC/36/49 (a) The promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment, the full realization of the human rights of women and girls and elimination of gender-based violence and discrimination (paras. 6 and 41); (b) A commitment to deliver social protection and public services, i.e., a commitment to a new social compact, with a focus on people living below the poverty line and vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, indigenous persons, children, youth and older persons (para. 12); (c) Commitments to scale up efforts to end hunger and ensure food security (paras. 13, 108 and 121) and to promote health and education (paras. 77-78); (d) A reaffirmation of the commitment to international cooperation for development, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official development assistance and the target of 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of that assistance to be directed to least developed countries (para. 51), and an invitation for countries to join in implementing innovative mechanisms of development finance, such as blended finance (para. 69) and multi-stakeholder initiatives (paras. 76-78); (e) Encouragement for national and multilateral development banks to adopt social and environmental safeguard systems, with a specification that the safeguards should be developed in open consultation with stakeholders and should encompass human rights, gender equality and women’s empowerment (para. 75; see also para. 33); (f) A commitment to promoting sustainable business practices in accordance with international standards, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, International Labour Organization standards and environmental agreements (para. 37); (g) A commitment to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants regardless of their migration status (para. 111) and to combat human trafficking and exploitation (para. 112). G. Paris Agreement on climate change 20. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its assessments of climate change, which are based on the work of hundreds of scientists from all over the world, has repeatedly confirmed that climate change is real and that human-made greenhouse gas emissions are its primary cause. Extreme weather events and natural disasters, rising sea levels, floods, heat waves, droughts, desertification, water shortages and the spread of tropical and vector-borne diseases are some of the grim results of climate change. These phenomena directly and indirectly affect the enjoyment of a range of human rights, including the rights to life, water and sanitation, food, health, housing, self-determination and culture, as well as the right to development. 21. It was recognized in the preamble of the Paris Agreement that the parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, including the right to development. H. Human Rights Council resolutions 22. The right to development is routinely mentioned in Human Rights Council resolutions. Examples include the following: (a) In its resolution 4/4, the Council decided to agree on a programme of work that would lead to raising the right to development, as set out in paragraphs 5 and 10 of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, to the same level and on a par with all other human rights and fundamental freedoms; (b) In its resolution 6/7, the Council reaffirmed the right to development as a universal and inalienable right and an integral part of all human rights and also reaffirmed 6