Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind A/RES/74/219 outcomes in developing countries so as to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help them adapt to the impacts of climate change, Welcoming the pledges made to the Green Climate Fund as a part of the current first formal replenishment process, including at the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General, held on 23 September, and at the high-level pledging conference of the Green Climate Fund, held in Paris in October 2019, totalling 9.78 billion United States dollars as at 25 October 2019, emphasizing the importance of a successful process so that the Fund continues to be one of the main channels to enable the flow of financial resources to developing countries under the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Stressing that low greenhouse gas emission development can create employment opportunities and quality jobs, in accordance with nationally defined development priorities, Recalling the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017–2030, 18 and acknowledging that all types of forests contribute substantially to climate change mitigation and adaptation, Noting that forests are addressed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and noting also article 5 of the Paris Agreement, Recognizing that climate change is a major and growing driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and that the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and ecosystem functions and services, contribute significantly to climate change adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction and food security and nutrition, Looking forward to the 2020 Biodiversity Summit, the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Noting the need for enhanced coordination and cooperation at all levels among the parties to and secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, 19 and the Convention on Biological Diversity, 20 as appropriate, while respecting their individual mandates, Noting also the contribution of the United Nations Environment Assembly to addressing the challenge of, inter alia, climate change, within its mandate and in collaboration with other relevant organizations and stakeholders, Recalling its resolution 71/312 of 6 July 2017, entitled “Our ocean, our future: call for action”, and looking forward to the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, Recognizing that, in undertaking its work, the United Nations should promote the protection of the global climate for the well-being of present and future generations of humankind, Recalling the entry into force on 1 January 2019 of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 21 welcoming its ratification by 90 countries and one regional economic integration organization, while __________________ 18 19 20 21 4/8 See resolution 71/285. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480. Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619. UNEP/OzL.Pro.28/12, annex I. 19-22488