facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation, in order to meet the special needs and circumstances of developing countries.  Resolution 29/15 (July 2015): The Council emphasized the importance of continuing to address the adverse consequences of climate change for all and called for a panel discussion and analytical study on the impacts of climate change on the enjoyment of the right to health. The Council has also addressed the issue of the impact of climate change in the framework of its work on human rights and the environment, particularly resolutions 16/11, 19/10, 25/21 and 28/11. In these resolutions, the Human Rights Council has recognized that the impact of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights is a global problem that requires a global solution. It has highlighted the importance of addressing human rights in the context of discussions related to the UNFCCC and the post-2015 development agenda and made available the results of its debates, studies and activities to the sessions of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC. The Council has clearly articulated that “human rights obligations and commitments have the potential to inform and strengthen international and national policymaking in the area of climate change”. The outcome document of the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development “The Future We Want” reaffirmed the importance of human rights for achieving sustainable development. Prior to this Conference, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had emphasized the responsibilities of all States to ensure full coherence between efforts to advance the green economy, on the one hand, and their human rights obligations on the other, in an open letter to all Permanent Missions in New York and in Geneva.13 In addition to this advocacy, OHCHR has produced a number of reports on the effect of climate change on the enjoyment of human rights.14 Mandate holders of the special procedures mechanisms of the Human Rights Council have also regularly addressed the human rights impacts of climate change in the course of implementing their mandates. The Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment has been particularly engaged, and issued a Climate Change mapping report in 2014 that describes statements made by human rights bodies regarding human rights that are threatened by climate change and human rights obligations related to climate change.15 In addition to this report which highlights work of the special procedures mechanisms, the human rights treaty-bodies and other relevant bodies related to climate change, there have been several joint advocacy efforts on human rights and climate change, by special procedures mandate holders. These include: 13 See Open Letter of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sustainable Development (30 March 2012) available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/OpenLetterHC.pdf (last accessed 7 September 2015). 14 See e.g. A/HRC/10/61, Analytical study on the relationship between climate change and human rights; Summary Report of the Panel discussion on the relationship between climate change and human rights held at the eleventh session of the HRC (June 2009) following resolution 10/4, available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/HRAndClimateChange/Pages/Panel.aspx last accessed 7 September 2015; A/HRC/16/62, Report of the 2010 Social Forum on the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights; A/HRC/20/7, Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the outcome of the seminar addressing the adverse impacts of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights; A/HRC/29/19, Summary report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the outcome of the full-day discussion on specific themes relating to human rights and climate change. 15 Mapping Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Focus report on human rights and climate change (June 2014) available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Environment/MappingReport/ClimateChangemapping15August.docx (last accessed 7 September 2015). Page 11 of 28