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Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind
Acknowledging that action on adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority
and a global challenge faced by all countries, in particular developing countries,
especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate
change, recognizing that the current need for adaptation is significant and that greater
levels of mitigation can reduce the need for additional adaptation efforts, and bearing
in mind that the provision of scaled-up financial resources should aim to achieve a
balance between adaptation and mitigation,
Welcoming the convening of the twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the
Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the
fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the third part of the first session of the Conference
of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreemen t, in
Katowice, Poland, from 2 to 14 December 2018,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 the Johannesburg
Declaration on Sustainable Development 4 and the Plan of Implementation of the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation), 5
the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 6 the outcome document of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to
22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want”, 7 the outcomes of the sessions of the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change and of the sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of
the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the Programme of Action for the Least Develope d
Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, adopted at the Fourth United Nations
Conference on the Least Developed Countries, held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to
13 May 2011, 8 the Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High -level Midterm
Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least
Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020, held in Antalya, Turkey, from 27 to
29 May 2016, 9 the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing
Countries for the Decade 2014–2024, adopted at the second United Nations
Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Vienna from 3 to
5 November 2014, 10 the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of
Small Island Developing States, 11 the Mauritius Declaration 12 and the Mauritius
Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, 13 the SIDS Accelerated
Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, 14 the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai
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Resolution 55/2.
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and
corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul,
Turkey, 9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. II.
Resolution 70/294, annex.
Resolution 69/137, annex II.
Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States, Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April–6 May 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales
No. E.94.I.18 and corrigenda), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action
for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius,
10−14 January 2005 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.05.II.A.4 and corrigendum),
chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
Resolution 69/15, annex.
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