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lower cost; local capital markets development; and building greater trust in
international cooperation processes” are critical to enhancing adaptation and
mitigation actions.516 The scaling-up of climate financing must be supported
by clear policy choices and signals from governments and the international
community.517
The Commission echoes the call for developed and emerging economies
to fulfill their $100 billion annual climate finance commitments. Wealthy
nations must take the lead in mobilizing climate finance through various
channels, prioritizing country-driven strategies based on data and science.
Current climate finance commitments must be balanced between adaptation
and mitigation based on the needs and priorities of developing countries.
The Commission further endorses the recommendation that developed nations
support developing countries and emerging economies through knowledge
and technology-transfer, capacity-building, and finance,518 pursuant to
… relevant human rights principles, climate assistance
should be adequate, effective and transparent, it should be
administered through participatory, accountable and nondiscriminatory processes, and it should be targeted toward
persons, groups, and peoples most in need. States should
engage in cooperative efforts to respond to climate-related
displacement and migration and to address climate-related
conflicts and security risks.519
The Commission endorses the recommendation that, apart from climate
financing for mitigation and adaptation, a separate finance mechanism for loss
and damage must be implemented to assist developing countries.
The Commission acknowledges that United Nations agencies, international
development organizations, and NGOs have already developed a variety of
multilateral and regionally-targeted funding mechanisms for mitigation and
516
IPCC, AR6, WGIII, supra note 389 (E.5.3).
518
2021 Declaration on Just Transition, supra note 512.
517
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Id. (E.5).
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR’s Key Messages
on Human Rights, Climate Change and Migration, available at https://www.unhcr.org/events/
conferences/5a1812a87/ohchrs-key-messages-human-rights-climate-change-migration.html.
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