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Climate Finance for Human Rights, Resilience and Justice | HRC63 Side Event
07 Sep 2026
14:00 – 15:00
Lieu: Palais des Nations, Room XI
Organisation: Franciscans International, Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights, Quaker United Nations Office, Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Soka Gakkai International, Conseil œcuménique des Eglises, Lutheran World Federation, Christian Aid
This side event to the 63rd session session of the Human Rights Council (HRC63) explored actionable pathways for climate finance mobilization and how this must support adaptation, address loss and damage, and strengthen resilience.
About this Event
As climate impacts intensify, communities on the front lines are facing mounting threats to their rights, livelihoods, and futures, with many experiencing forced displacement and climate-related human mobility.
The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 59/25 of 8 July 2025 entitled “Human rights and climate change” (para. 24), has requested the Secretary-General to consult Member States and other relevant stakeholders in order to prepare and submit to its sixty-third session a synthesis report (A/HRC/63/54) on actionable pathways in mobilizing sufficient climate financing and associated challenges and opportunities in the pursuit of the full realization of human rights for all people. At HRC63, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRD) is also going to present the report (A/HRC/63/39), “Climate Finance: Vulnerability and Responsibility”
Building on faith-rooted action and lived community experiences, this event explored actionable pathways for climate finance mobilization and how this must support adaptation, address loss and damage, and strengthen resilience. The discussion highlighted the need for fair, predictable, accessible, and rights-based financing that prioritizes those most affected, enables meaningful participation, and advances climate justice at all levels. It further unpacked current mobilization mechanisms and assess their relevance to rights-based climate action.
Environment @ HRC63
The 63rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC63) will take place in Geneva from 7 September to 7 October 2026. Consult this regularly-updated page that highlighted the environmental-related activities of this session.
Speakers
Harriet HIRST
Human Rights Officer, Environment and Climate Change Unit, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Juana IBAÑEZ RIVAS
Chair, UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (video)
Lindsey FIELDER COOK
Interim Deputy Director and Representative for Climate Change, Quaker United Nations Office
Elena CEDILLO
Programme Executive for Climate Justice, Lutheran World Federation
Illari ARAGON
Climate Justice Policy Lead, Christian Aid | ACT Alliance (video)
Athena PERALTA
Programme Executive for Economic and Ecological Justice, World Council of Churches (WCC)
Budi TJAHJONO
International Advocacy Director, Franciscans International | Moderator
Highlights
Video
Live from Palais des Nations.
Links
- Environment @ 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
- Human Rights, Climate Change, and the Role of Geneva
Read More
- Faith groups carry a grants-not-loans demand toward COP31 | World Council of Churches | 9 September 2026
Climate finance, the money that helps countries cut emissions and cope with impacts, should come as grants, not debt-creating loans, demanded faith-based organizations at the UN Human Rights Council as COP31 in Antalya, Turkey approaches. « Climate Finance for Human Rights, Resilience, and Justice », held in Geneva on 7 September, was convened by Franciscans International, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and six other partners.