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A/HRC/46/46: Summary of the panel discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 41/21, in which the Council decided to hold a panel discussion on promoting and protecting the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change during its forty-fourth session. The Council also requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a summary report on the panel discussion to the Council at its forty-sixth session. The present report provides a summary of the panel discussion on human rights and climate change that was held on 8 July 2020.

Addressing climate change – now

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Adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food Mr Vice President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates and co-panellists, We know that our environment is burning. It's...

A/HRC/53/47: Adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food - Report of the Secretary-General

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In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/9, the Secretary-General examines the adverse impacts of climate change on the full realization of the right to food, as well as greenhouse gas emissions relating to food systems. The Secretary-General highlights examples of human rights-based adaptation and mitigation strategies and good practices and provides concrete recommendations, building on literature reviews, consultations with experts and submissions from Member States, national human rights institutions, international organizations and civil society organizations.