124 cause significant harm to the climate, in general, and to the victims of climate change impacts, in particular, who are unjustly bearing the brunt of the harm even though they have least benefited from or contributed to it. The Commission hopes that this movement will gain maximum global traction and inspire more investors to use their economic power to support climate action. 4. To the United Nations The United Nations offers a special platform for bringing together world leaders and uniting governments. The Commission recognizes the unique position of the United Nations for shepherding global resources towards the full implementation of the Paris Agreement. The Commission is encouraged by the United Nations dynamism in promoting a safe climate and healthy ecology, with special reference to human rights. Climate change must be integrated, indeed, in the monitoring of the full implementation of “existing recommendations of the treaty bodies, the Universal Periodic Review, the special procedures mandate holders and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.” 538 As countries put forward their NDCs with more ambitious targets, it would be judicious for the United Nations to also report on State compliance with human rights obligations relating to climate change. The Commission also lauds the addition of “another focal point on climate change and human rights to the UNFCCC to ensure a rights-based approach to negotiating, implementing and monitoring actions pursuant to the Paris Agreement.”539 The Paris Agreement emphasizes global inclusivity and the need to provide financial, technical, and climate-related capacity-building support to developing countries. The United Nations can act as a catalyst in encouraging developed States to lend technical assistance and financial resources to countries most in need of climate mitigation and adaptation. This includes compensation for loss and damage arising from the impacts of climate change. 538 539 Safe Climate Report, supra note 327, at 24. Id.

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