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Adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food - Report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/53/47) (Advance unedited version) - World | ReliefWeb
Human Rights Council
Fifty-third session
19 June–14 July 2023
Agenda items 2 and 3
Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 50/9, the Secretary-General examines the adverse impacts of climate change on the full realization of the right to food, as well as greenhouse gas emissions relating to food systems. The Secretary-General highlights examples of human rights-based adaptation and mitigation strategies and good practices and provides concrete recommendations, building on literature reviews, consultations with experts and submissions from Member States, national human rights institutions, international organizations and civil society organizations.
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