Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Humankind

A/RES/71/228View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19d Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 2010–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/138

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/138	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,545	76%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/206	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,698	78%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/153	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,333	79%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/165	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	5,458	42%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/205	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	4,474	82%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2017

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/82	Action Plan for Integrating Sustainable Development Practices into Secretariat-wide Operations and Facilities Management report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/71/228

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Buildings Management Climate Change Conferences Environmental Agreements Environmental Protection Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, expresses profound alarm that the emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise globally, remains deeply concerned that all countries, particularly developing countries, are vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and are already experiencing an increase in such impacts, including persistent drought and extreme weather events, land degradation, sea level rise, coastal erosion and ocean acidification, further threatening food security and efforts to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, and in this regard emphasizes that mitigation of and adaptation to climate change represent an immediate and urgent global priority;

Welcomes the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by the Government of France in Paris from 30 November to 13 December 2015;

Also welcomes the early entry into force, on 4 November 2016, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,2 and encourages all its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change1 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as possible;

Recalls that the Paris Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the Convention, including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production, and making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development;

Welcomes the nationally determined contributions submitted to date, and recalls that the regular updating of such contributions should reflect the highest possible level of ambition, in the light of different national circumstances, and provide the information necessary for clarity, transparency and understanding, in accordance with the relevant decisions;

Acknowledges the work undertaken by the Lima-Paris Action Agenda, and encourages non-party stakeholders to scale up their efforts to address and respond to climate change;

Reiterates the resolve of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, as set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of its decision 1/CP.19,²⁰ to accelerate the full implementation of the decisions constituting the agreed outcome pursuant to its decision 1/CP.13²¹ and to enhance ambition in the pre-2020 period in order to ensure the highest possible mitigation efforts under the Convention by all parties;

²⁰See FCCC/CP/2013/10/Add.1.

²¹See FCCC/CP/2007/6/Add.1.

Takes note of the report of the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention;²²

²²A/71/216, sect. I.

Recognizes the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, and in that regard takes note of decisions 2/CP.1920 and 2/CP.20²³ adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, on the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts, and decision 1/CP.21,²⁴ in which the Paris Agreement was adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its twenty-first session;

²³See FCCC/CP/2014/10/Add.2.

²⁴See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1.

Notes with appreciation the hosting by the Government of Morocco of the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement in Marrakech from 7 to 18 November 2016;

Welcomes the offer by the Government of Fiji to host the twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Bonn, Germany, in 2017;

Urges Member States, taking into account that women and girls are often disproportionately affected by climate change owing to gender inequalities and the dependence of many women on natural resources for their livelihoods, to promote the integration of a gender perspective into environmental and climate change policies and to strengthen mechanisms and provide adequate resources towards achieving the full and equal participation of women in decision-making at all levels on environmental issues, and stresses the need to address the challenges posed by climate change that affect women and girls in particular;

Welcomes the appointment of the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and congratulates the previous Executive Secretary for her achievements;

Recalls its request that the Secretary-General, as a follow-up to paragraph 96 of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”,7 submit an action plan for the Secretariat that will be designed to work within existing procurement rules and policies aimed at integrating sustainable development practices into its operations and facilities management, building on existing efforts and promoting cost-effectiveness, and in accordance with legislative frameworks, including financial rules and regulations, while maintaining accountability to Member States, with the specific goal of a United Nations that does not, through its operations or facilities management, have a negative impact on the climate, as soon as possible, or by 2020, if practicable, and requests that the aforementioned action plan be submitted before the end of its seventy-first session;

Requests the Secretary-General to make provisions for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and its subsidiary bodies in his proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019;

Invites the secretariat of the Convention to report, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly at its seventy-second session on the work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, and decides to include, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind” in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, unless otherwise agreed.

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