A/74/161 (c) Encourage businesses to respect their human rights responsibilities relating to climate change; (d) Encourage States to make technical assistance and resources available to countries that lack expertise or resources, such as least deve loped countries and small island developing States, so that these countries can prioritize and address climate change issues. 94. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has established focal points on gender and indigenous peoples. It w ould be useful to add another focal point on human rights to ensure a rights -based approach to negotiating, implementing and monitoring actions pursuant to the Paris Agreement. G. The last word 95. Effective climate actions will propel progress towards achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including reduced air pollution, clean energy for all, improved health, decreased inequality and poverty, and enhanced infrastructure. Meeting the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C could save millions of lives every year, providing trillions of dollars in health and environmental benefits. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency would create unprecedented economic opportunities. 96. A safe climate is a vital element of the right to a healthy environment and is absolutely essential to human life and well-being. In today’s global climate emergency, meeting the obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights could help to spur the transformative changes that are so urgently required. To successfully address the daunting challenge of climate change demands heroic action. The world has many grassroots climate heroes, but needs more political and corporate leaders to rise to the challenge. In the words of Swedish te enager Greta Thunberg, who inspired millions of children to participate in school strikes for climate action, “I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.” 22/22 19-11977

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