Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion C 221/31
RESOLUTION
(1) Adopted b y the ACP-E U Joint Parliamen tary Assembly on 9 April in  Prague (Czech Repub lic) (1)
on the social and environmental consequ ences 
of climate change in the ACP cou ntries
The 
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly,
—meeting in Prague (Czech Repub lic) from 6 to 9 April 2009, 
—having reg ard to Article 17(1) of its Rules of Procedure, 
—having 
regard 
to the ACP-E U 
Partnership 
Agreement 
signed 
in 
Cotonou 
on 23 
June 
2000 and 
revised in  
Luxembourg 
on 25 
June 
2005 (herein after: ‘
the Coton ou 
Agreement
’), and 
in 
particular Article 32 thereof, 
—having 
regard 
to Articles 177 to 181 of the Treaty estab lishing 
the Europe
an 
Community,
 
—having 
regard 
to the join t 
statement 
of 20 Decemb er 
2005 by 
the Council 
and 
the represen tatives 
of the 
Governments 
of the Memb er 
States meetin g 
within 
the Council, 
the European 
Parliamen t 
and 
the Com­
mission 
on 
European 
Union 
Developmen t 
Policy: ‘The European 
Consensus
’, and 
in 
particular Articles 12, 
22, 38, 75, 76, 101 an d 
105 thereof
(2) OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1. (2), 
—having 
regard 
to Agenda 
21, the Rio Declaration  
on 
Environment 
and 
Developmen t, 
and 
the Statemen t 
of 
Principles 
for the Sustain able 
Management 
of Forests, adopted b y 
more than  
178 governments 
at the 
United 
Nations 
Conference 
on 
Environment 
and 
Developmen t 
(UNCED) 
held in 
Rio de Jan eiro 
(Brazil) 
from 3 to 14 June 
1992, whose prin ciples 
were stron gly 
reaffirmed at the World Summit on  
Sustainable 
Developmen t 
(WSSD) held in  
Johannesburg 
(South Africa) from 26 August
 to 4 Septemb er 
2002, 
—having 
regard 
to the Un ited 
Nations 
(UN) Framework  
Convention 
on 
Climate Chan ge 
(UNFCCC) an d 
its 
Kyoto 
Protocol, 
—having 
regard 
to the UN Con vention 
to Combat 
Desertification , 
which was adopted in  
Paris on 17 
June 
1994
 and 
entered 
into 
force on 26 
December 
1996, 
—having 
regard 
to the UN Millen nium 
Declaration  
of 8 Septemb er 
2000, which sets out the Millen nium 
Developmen t 
Goals (MDGs) as criteria estab lished 
jointly 
by 
the internat
ional 
community 
for the elimi­
nation 
of poverty, 
—having 
regard 
to the Environment 
Initiative 
of the New Partn ership 
for Africa’s Developmen t 
(NEPAD),
 
—having 
regard 
to the ‘Hyogo 
Framework  
for Action  
2005-2015: Buildin g 
the Resilien ce 
of Nation s 
and 
Communities 
to Disasters’ adopted b y 
the World Con ference 
on 
Disaster Reduction  
held in 
January 
2005 
in 
Kobo, 
Hyogo 
(Japan),
 
—having
 regard
 to the Declaration on I ntegrating
 Climate Chan ge
 Adaptation in to
 Developmen t
 
Co-operation , 
adopted b y 
the Developmen t 
and 
Environment 
Ministers 
of the OE CD 
member 
countries 
on 4 
April 2006, 
—having 
regard 
to the G8 Summit Declaration  
of 7 June 
2007, issued in  
Heiligendamm, 
on ‘
Climate Chan ge, 
Energy 
Efficiency 
and 
Energy 
Security – Challen ge 
and 
Opportun ity 
for World E conomic 
Growth’, 
—having
 regard
 to the Africa-E U
 Partnership
 on Climate Chan ge
 as part of the First Action Plan (2008-
2010) for the implemen tation 
of the Join t 
EU-Africa 
Strategy,N E 9 0 0 2 . 9 . 4 1
Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion 14.9.2009
—having reg ard to the Bali Roadmap, adopted at the UN Climate Chan ge Confer ence on the island of Bali 
(Indonesia) 
in 
December 
2007, 
—having 
regard 
to the 14th Con ference 
of Parties to the UN Framework  
Conven
tion 
on 
Climate Chan ge 
(UNFCCC) 
and 
the Fourth Con ference 
of Parties servin g 
as a meetin g 
of the parties to the K yoto 
Protocol, 
from 1 to 12 Decemb er 
2008 in 
Poznan 
(Poland),
 
—having 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the Coun cil 
and 
the European 
Parliamen t 
on 
climate chan ge 
in 
the context 
of developmen t 
cooperation
(1) COM(2003) 85. (1), of 11 March 2003, 
—having 
regard 
to the Coun cil 
Conclusions 
and 
the 2004-2008 Action  
Plan 
on 
climate chan ge 
in 
the con­
text 
of developmen t, 
of 24 Novemb er 
2004, 
—having 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the Coun cil, 
the European 
Parliamen t 
and 
the
 European
 Economic
 and
 Social Committee on policy coheren ce
 for developmen t
 – Acceleratin g
 
progress 
towards attain ing 
the Millen nium 
Developmen t 
Goals
(2) COM(2005) 134 fin al. (2), of 12 April 2005, 
—having 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the Coun cil, 
the European 
Parliamen t, 
the 
European 
Economic 
and 
Social Committee an d 
the Committee of the Reg ions 
on 
Limiting 
global 
climate 
change 
to 2 degrees 
Celsius – The way ahead for 2020 an d 
beyond
(3) COM(2007) 2 fin al. (3), of 10 January 2007, 
—having 
regard 
to the Presiden cy 
Conclusions 
of the European 
Council 
of 8-9 March 2007, un derlining 
the 
importance 
of achievin g 
the strateg ic 
objective 
of limiting 
the global 
average 
temperature to n ot 
more than  
2 
°C 
above 
pre-industrial 
levels, 
—having 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the Coun cil 
and 
the European 
Parliamen t 
on 
building 
a global 
climate chan ge 
alliance 
(GCCA) b etween 
the European 
Union 
and 
poor developin g 
countries 
most vuln erable 
to climate chan ge
(4) COM(2007) 540. (4), 
—having 
regard 
to the Resolution  
of the European 
Parliamen t 
on 
building 
a Global 
Climate Chan ge 
Alli­
ance 
between 
the European 
Union 
and 
poor developin g 
countries 
most vuln er
able 
to climate chan ge
(5) P6_TA(2008)0491. (5) 
of 21 Octob er 
2008, 
—having 
regard 
to the Paper from the Hig h 
Representative 
and 
the European 
Commission  
to the European 
Council 
entitled ‘
Climate Chan ge 
and 
International 
Security’ of 14 March 2008
(6) S113/08. (6),
— havin g 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the European 
Parliamen t, 
the Council, 
the 
European 
Economic 
and 
Social Committee an d 
the Committee of the Reg ions 
on ‘
Addressin g 
the chal­
lenges 
of deforestation  
and 
forest deg radation 
to tackle 
climate chan ge 
and 
biodiversity 
loss’
(7) COM(2008) 645 fin al. (7), of
16 Octob er 
2008, 
—having 
regard 
to the Commun ication 
from the Commission  
to the European 
Parliamen t, 
the Council, 
the 
European 
Economic 
and 
Social Committee an d 
the Committee of the Reg ions 
entitled ‘Towards a com­
prehensive 
climate chan ge 
agreement 
in 
Copenhagen
’
(8) COM(2009) 39 fin al. (8), of 21 January 2009, 
—having 
regard 
to the CARI FORUM-EU 
Declaration  
on 
Climate Chan ge 
and 
Ener
gy, 
of 17 May 2008, 
—having 
regard 
to the Declaration  
by 
the Pacific I slands 
Forum States an d 
the European 
Union 
on 
Climate 
Change, 
of 7 Novemb er 
2008,N E 2 3 / 1 2 2 C
Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion C 221/33
—having reg ard to the Africa-E U Declaration  on Climate Chan ge, of 1 December 2008, 
—having 
regard 
to the 2006 report b y 
Nicholas Stern  
entitled ‘
The Economic
s of Climate Chan ge. 
The Stern 
Review
’, 
—having 
regard 
to the OECD 
report of 2007 en titled ‘
Stocktaking 
of Progres
s on 
Integrating 
Adaptation  
to 
Climate Chan ge 
into 
Developmen t 
Co-operation  
Activities’, 
—having 
regard 
to the reports of the I ntergovernmental 
Panel 
on 
Climate Chan ge 
(IPCC) 
and 
in 
particular 
to the Fourth Assessmen t
 Report of Work ing
 Group II
 of the IPCC
 entitled
 ‘Im
pacts, Adaptation an d
 
Vulnerability
’, 
—having 
regard 
to the Human  
Developmen t 
Report 2007/2008 en titled ‘
Fight
ing 
climate chan ge: 
Human 
solidarity 
in 
a divided world’ laun ched 
by 
the United 
Nations 
Developmen t 
Program,
 
—having 
regard 
to the report of the World Ban k 
and 
the Intern a
tional Mon e
tary Fund en t
itled ‘Global 
Moni­
toring 
Report 2008: MDGs an d 
the Environment 
-Agenda 
for Inclusive 
and 
Sustainable 
Developmen t
’, 
—having 
regard 
to the OE CD 
Environmental 
Outlook 
to 2030, of March 2008, 
—having 
regard 
to its resolution  
on 
climate chan ge 
and 
small islan d 
developin g 
states in 
the context 
of the 
ACP-EU 
cooperation  
framework , 
adopted on  1 
April 1999 in  
Strasbourg,
 
—having 
regard 
to its resolution  
on 
natural 
disasters in  
ACP States: E U 
funding 
for preparedn ess 
(EDF 
funds) 
and 
relief (ECHO 
funds), 
adopted on  22 
November 
2007 in 
Kigali 
(Rwanda),
 
—having
 regard
 to the report of the Committee on Social Affairs an d
 the En
vironm
ent 
(ACP-EU/100.383/09/fin.),
A. whereas 
developin g 
countries 
have contributed 
least to climate chan ge 
but 
are facing 
its most severe social 
and 
environmental 
consequences, 
due to their social, econ omic 
and 
geogra
phical vuln erability, 
their heavy 
dependence 
on 
the primary sector, in cluding 
agriculture, 
fisheries an d 
other natural 
resources, an d 
their 
limited in frastructure 
for dealin g 
with climate chan ge 
impacts,
B. whereas accelerated sea level rise will cause floodin g, 
coastal erosion , 
salt water in trusion 
into 
inland 
fresh­
water resources an d 
even 
submersion 
of some low-lyin g 
Pacific and 
Caribbe
an 
islands; 
whereas the n um­
ber 
of people at risk  
from coastal floodin g 
in 
Africa alon e 
could increase 
from 1 million  
in 
1990 to over 
70 million  
in 
2080,
C. whereas temperature rise an d
 rainfall
 variability
 will lead to severe droug hts
 and
 sharply reduce water 
availability 
in 
the ACP coun tries; 
whereas 75 to 250 million  
people in 
Africa will b e 
exposed to g reater 
water 
shortage 
and 
insecurity 
by 
a rise of just 1 ° C, 
350 to 600 million  
by 
a 2 °C rise an d 
up to 1,8 b illion 
if 
temperatures rise b y 
3 °C,
D. whereas 
rising 
sea temperatures will lead to the proliferation  
of extreme climatic phen omena 
such as tropi­
cal storms an d 
cyclones, 
which will drastically affect low-lyin g 
coastal areas, river b asins 
containing 
mega­
cities 
and 
other larg e 
population  
centres, 
economically 
vital infrastru
cture such as ports, offshore facilities, 
coastal urb an 
areas and 
tourism in frastructure,N E 9 0 0 2 . 9 . 4 1
Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion 14.9.2009
E. whereas climate chan ge will further in crease desertification  and soil degradation, compromisin g agricul­
tural
 production an d
 food security even more, an d
 exacerbating
 hunger
 and
 malnutrition
 in the ACP 
regions,
F. whereas 
rising 
sea levels an d 
temperature will heavily impact on  
coastal an d 
marine 
ecosystems, reducin g 
the 
catch in 
the Pacific an d 
Caribbean 
islands 
and 
along 
the African  
coast, and 
negatively 
affecting 
local 
food supplies,
G. whereas climate chan ge 
will further accelerate declin e 
in 
biodiversit
y, pose a serious threat of extin ction 
to 
many 
plant 
and 
animal 
species, an d 
damage 
beyond 
repair some ecosystems that are particularly sen ­
sitive 
to climate disruption , 
such as coral reefs, man groves 
and 
rainfore
sts; whereas b iodiversity 
conse­
quences 
in 
the ACP coun tries 
will have crucial effects on  
the food chain  
and 
on 
the livelihoods of people 
who depen d 
directly on  
goods 
and 
services derivin g 
from those ecosystems,
H. whereas climate chan ge, 
coupled with existin g 
weak 
public 
health systems an d 
limited access to pub lic 
healthcare, 
as well as poor water man agement 
and 
purification , 
will lead to an  
increased 
incidence 
of 
vector- an d
 water-borne
 diseases such as malaria, den gue
 and
 cholera, in c
reased heat stress an d
 preva­
lence 
of respiratory illn esses,
I. whereas 
environmental 
consequences 
of climate chan ge 
will trigger 
large-scale 
migration 
flows both 
inter­
nally 
and 
across borders 
(the IPCC 
estimates 150 million  
migrants 
by 
2050); whereas most ACP en viron­
mental 
migrants 
will move an d 
settle within  
their home coun tries 
or neighb
ouring 
countries 
thus leadin g 
to
 escalating
 humanitarian
 crises, rapid urban i
sation and
 associated slum g rowth,
 and
 stalled develop­
ment 
within 
the ACP coun tries; 
whereas that urb an 
growth 
will have as its corollary the ab andoning 
of 
rural areas an d 
increased 
soil degradation,
J. whereas, 
according 
to the World Health Org anisation 
(WHO) an d 
the Europ
ean 
Centre 
for Disease Pre­
vention 
and 
Control, 
climate chan ge 
will lead to in creased 
levels of in sec
t-borne 
disease, in cluding 
malaria, 
chikungunya 
and 
Lyme disease, requirin g 
adaptation  
measures,
K. whereas 
many 
of the effects of climate chan ge 
on 
health as reported, for in stance, 
by 
the WHO, may b e 
kept 
at bay 
by 
preparing 
and 
strengthening 
health systems b y 
appropriate preven tive 
measures, with par­
ticular atten tion
 being
 paid to the spread of tropical diseases, an d
 by
 public in formation
 campaigns
 
addressing 
especially vuln erable 
groups 
such as preg nant 
women, 
newborn 
babies, 
children 
and 
elderly 
people,
L. whereas climate chan ge 
undermines 
national, 
regional 
and 
global 
security, leadin g 
to conflicts 
over access­
ing, 
controlling 
and 
using 
scarce natural 
resources, or ten sions 
due to displaced population s,
M. whereas 
climate chan ge 
is placing 
40 % of in ternational 
poverty reduction  
investment 
at risk 
(World Ban k 
estimates), 
thus posin g 
a serious threat to poverty reduction , 
economic 
and 
social developmen t 
and 
the 
achievemen t 
of the MDGs in  
many 
ACP coun tries,
N. whereas, 
to avoid the worst irreversib le 
effects of climate chan ge, 
glo
bal 
temperature rise has to b e 
limited 
to below 
2 °C 
and 
global 
greenhouse 
gas 
(GHG) con centrations 
in 
the atmosphere have to b e 
stabilised 
below 
450 ppm; whereas, in disputably, 
the bi
ggest CO2 emitters – the in dustrialised countries and emerg­
ing 
economies 
– should b ear 
the primary respon sibility 
for slashin g 
their emission s,
O. whereas 
mitigation 
measures have to b e 
combined 
with adaptation  
measures in  
the ACP coun tries 
to man­
age 
the significant 
impacts of climate chan ge; 
whereas in dustrialised 
countries 
have a historical respon ­
sibility 
for climate chan ge 
and 
are morally ob liged 
to assist ACP coun trie
s in 
their efforts to adapt to its 
consequences 
in 
accordance 
with the ‘polluter pays’ prin ciple,N E 4 3 / 1 2 2 C
Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion C 221/35
P. whereas there is curren tly  a huge  gap  as regards  the financing  of adaptation in developin g  count ries; 
whereas, while estimated an nual 
adaptation  
costs range 
from USD 10 b illio
n 
to over USD 80 b illion 
per 
annum, 
the resources curren tly 
provided b y 
indust
rial countrie
s through 
multilateral fun ding 
mechanisms 
equal 
USD 150-300 million  
a year,
Q. whereas early action  
on 
climate chan ge 
adaptation  
and 
Disaster Risk  
Reduction  
(DRR) represen ts 
a clearly 
cost-effective solution ; 
whereas estimates predict that on e 
dollar spent on  
DRR has the poten tial 
to save 
up to seven  
dollars in 
disaster respon se, 
thereby 
also providin g 
a strong 
argument 
for frontloading 
aid 
spending,
R. whereas 
the procedures for application  
and 
distribution  
of resources un der 
different 
climate chan ge 
financ­
ing
 mechanisms,
 such as the Clean Developmen t
 Mechanism (CDM), are rather complicated an d
 lack 
involvement 
by 
recipient 
countries,
S. whereas 
CDM has so far b een 
poorly suited to meetin g 
the needs 
of the poorest coun tries 
for investments 
in 
clean 
technology, 
with Africa hostin g 
only 
2 % of all CDM projects; whereas often  
the sustain ability 
and 
additionality 
criteria of the CDM projects are n ot 
maintained,
T. whereas 
any 
delay in 
taking 
firm decision s 
on 
the mechan isms 
and 
financi
ng 
necessary 
to reduce the 
causes and 
consequences 
of climate chan ge 
will result in  
much higher 
costs,
General
1. Calls on 
the Commission  
and 
donor 
countries 
to reshape an d 
redesign 
developmen t 
cooperation  
to make 
it 
climate chan ge 
resilient 
and 
follow low carb on 
pathways;
2. Calls on 
the Commission  
to simplify its existin g 
structures for dealin g 
with climate chan ge 
and 
develop­
ment 
issues;
3. Calls on 
the Commission  
and 
the EU 
Member 
States to b uild 
better 
links 
bet
ween 
the MDGs an d 
climate 
change
 by
 incorporating
 impacts of, an d
 adaptation to, climate chan ge
 int
o projects an d
 programmes
 
aimed at achievin g
 the MDGs, an d
 into
 all broader
 strategies
 for poverty reduction an d
 developmen t
 
policies;
4. Welcomes the fact that some prog ress 
in 
placing 
adaptation  
on 
an 
equal footin g 
with mitig ation 
has been 
achieved 
during 
the negotiations 
on 
the future post-K y
oto framework ; 
stresses, however, that a firmer lin k 
between 
adaptation  
and 
mitigation 
negotiations 
needs 
to be 
established, 
so that key 
decisions 
on 
these 
issues are n ot 
made in 
isolation 
from each other;
5. Calls on 
the international 
community 
and 
the private sector, in  
the inte
rests of facilitatin g 
the ACP coun ­
tries’ 
transition 
to a reduced carb on 
economy, 
to provide the n ecessary 
investmen ts 
for research, devel­
opment
 and
 rapid and
 comprehen sive
 transfer
 of technologies
 for mitig ati
on (e.g.
 low carb on
 energy
 
technologies, 
technologies 
for carbon 
capture an d 
storage) 
and 
adaptation  
in 
the ACP coun tries; 
also calls 
on 
the international 
community 
to remove trade b arriers 
to climate chan ge 
adaptation  
technology 
and 
to 
free up in tellectual 
property rig hts 
(e.g. 
compulsory licen sing);
6. Calls 
on 
the Commission  
and 
EU 
Member 
States to support UNE SCO 
activities that con tribute 
to the 
implemen tation 
of the Barb ados 
Programme 
of Action 
for the Sustain able 
Developmen t 
of Small I sland 
Developin g 
States and 
the subsequent 
Mauritius Strateg y;N E 9 0 0 2 . 9 . 4 1
Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion 14.9.2009
Mitigation
7. Underlines 
that a global 
consensus 
on 
an 
ambitious 
and 
binding 
mitigati
on 
goal, 
based 
on 
the principle 
of 
shared but 
differentiated 
responsibility 
established 
in 
the UNFCCC, must b e 
reached durin g 
the UN Cli­
mate Chan ge 
Conference 
in 
Copenhagen 
in 
December 
2009, and 
therefore calls on  
all industrialized 
coun­
tries 
and 
rapidly developin g 
countries 
to agree to a b inding 
GHG target; 
suggests 
that in 
order to stimulate 
the participation  
of emerging 
economies 
in 
the new 
agreement 
a more flexible an d 
differentiated 
approach 
for these coun tries 
should be 
established 
(e.g. 
targets 
only 
for specific sectors), tak ing 
into 
account 
each 
country’s 
adaptation  
and 
mitigation 
capacity an d 
the industrialised 
countries’ 
historical respon sibility 
for 
global 
warming;
8. Notes 
that the procedures for application  
and distribution of resources un der 
the CDM n eed 
to be 
reviewed 
and 
simplified to mak e 
the CDM more easily accessib le 
to ACP coun tries 
and 
to result in  
a more balanced 
distribution
 of CDM projects, with an in crease
 in the number
 of projects particularly in sub -Saharan
 
Africa; stresses that a system should b e 
set in 
place to en sure 
that CDM projects comply with the addi­
tionality 
principle 
and 
lead to sustain able 
developmen t 
of the ACP coun tr
ies; calls on  
donor 
countries 
to 
help build 
the necessary 
capacity in  
the ACP coun tries 
to enhance 
their participation  
in 
the CDM; an d 
calls 
on 
the donor 
countries 
not 
to focus exclusively on  
CDM as the ultimate policy tool, b ut 
also to develop 
new 
mechanisms 
for mitigation 
in 
the ACP coun tries;
9. Calls 
on 
the governments 
of the industrialised 
countries 
and 
emerging 
economies 
to set clear an d 
con­
sistent 
long-term 
policy framework s 
to encourage 
eco-innovation 
and 
inv
estment 
(e.g. 
renewable 
energy, 
fuel 
efficient 
and 
hybrid 
vehicles, n ew 
fuels); underlines 
that the private sector also has a cen tral 
role in 
driving 
eco-innovation; 
believes 
also that, in  
the medium to lon ger 
term, ways to chan ge 
the overall con ­
sumption  
patterns 
in 
the developed coun tries 
have to be 
put in 
place to reduce emission s;
10. Stresses 
that the Commission  
and 
donor 
countries’ 
governments 
should stren gthen 
partnership 
with the 
ACP governments 
to develop amb itious 
policy initiatives 
and 
plans 
to curb 
deforestation  
and 
reduce for­
est degradation, 
and 
to provide techn ologies 
and 
substantial 
resources for sustain able 
forest man agement 
in 
the ACP coun tries;
Adaptation
11. Calls on the ACP g overnments to incorporate adaptation  goals and measures directly in to their national developmen t 
plans, 
poverty reduction  
strategies 
and 
sectoral policies an d 
strategie
s, as well as in  
all stages 
and 
levels of their decision -
making 
processes;
12. Underlines that contributions for adaptation  should become a lega lly binding commitmen t, reflected b oth 
in 
the international 
agreement 
to be 
adopted in  
Copenhagen 
in 
December 
2009, and 
in 
domestic leg is­
lation 
within 
the EU-27;
13.
 Calls on in dustrialized
 countries
 to increa
se significantly their fin ancial
 support for adaptation in ACP 
countries 
and 
to explore in novative 
financing 
mechanisms 
intended 
for this purpose such as, inter alia, 
international 
taxes on 
trade, national 
emission 
taxes, levies on  
air travel tick ets 
and 
auctioning 
of assigned 
amount 
units; 
calls on 
the Commission  
to increase 
substantially 
the budge
t for the GCCA, to g ive 
signifi­
cantly 
more con sideration 
to climate chan ge 
in 
the forthcomin g 
EDF 
budget 
and 
to implemen t 
urgently 
the 
idea of a Glob al 
Climate Chan ge 
Financing 
Mechanism, 
an 
innovative 
financing 
instrument 
to front­
load 
support for climate related in vestments 
for the poorest an d 
most vulnerab le 
countries;
14. Emphasises 
that adaptation  
finance 
has to be 
additional 
to already-existin g 
Official Developmen t 
Assis­
tance 
and 
aid commitmen ts;
15.
 Calls on the in ternational
 financial
 institutions
 to expand their adaptation policies, prog rammes
 and
 
financing 
instruments;N E 6 3 / 1 2 2 C
14.9.2009 EN Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion C 221/37
16. Urges the private sector to step up its commitmen ts to fill the climate chan ge financial gap; encourages 
the 
Commission  
and 
the EU 
and 
ACP governments 
to invest 
in 
developin g 
publi
c-private partn erships 
to 
attract addition al 
funding 
from the private sector for fin ancing 
adaptation  
projects, especially in  
the least 
developed coun tries;
17. Believes 
that there is a n eed 
for better 
donor 
coordination, 
much more in tensive 
North-South dialog ue 
and 
enhanced 
cooperation  
between 
donor 
and 
developin g 
countries 
on 
climate chan ge 
policies, mecha­
nisms
 and
 financing
 for adaptation ,
 in accordan ce
 with the Paris Prin cipl
es and
 the Accra Ag enda
 for 
Action 
2008;
18. Underlines 
the need 
to further foster reg ional 
collaboration, 
the exchan ge 
of good 
practices an d 
the cre­
ation 
of discussion  
forums between 
ACP coun tries 
facing 
similar climate chan ge 
problems;
19. Encourages 
the governments 
of the ACP coun tries 
to be 
more inclusive 
of civil society an d 
local commu­
nities 
in 
the drawin g-up 
and 
implemen tation 
of climate chan ge 
adaptation  
strategies, 
owing 
not 
least to 
their solid practical experien ce 
and 
their direct proximity to the people an d 
places most exposed to the 
harmful effects of climate disruption ;
20. Calls 
on 
donor 
countries 
and 
international 
organisations 
to invest 
in 
strengthening 
the infrastructure 
for 
climate mon itoring 
and 
climate-related data man agement 
and 
the adaptive capacity of in stitutions, 
local 
communities 
and 
individuals 
in 
the ACP coun tries;
21. Encourages 
R&D institutions 
in 
EU 
Member 
States to promote an d 
facilitate exchan ge 
of best 
practices 
and 
information, 
share expertise an d 
knowledge, 
and 
forge 
networks 
and 
partnerships 
with similar in sti­
tutions
 in the ACP coun tries
 in sectors where climate chan ge
 is a major issue (e.g .
 agricultur
e, water 
resource man agement);
22. Calls 
on 
developmen t 
partners 
to support ACP g overnments 
and 
civil organ isations 
in 
elaborating 
public 
education  
and 
information 
campaigns 
on 
climate chan ge 
impacts;
23. Welcomes the Commission ’s 
intention 
to propose an  
EU 
Strategy 
for DRR; calls on  
the Commission  
and 
the 
EU 
Member 
States to in crease 
investment 
in 
DRR as a mean s 
to facilitate climate chan ge 
adaptation  
and 
to include 
long-term 
funding 
for DRR as part of developmen t 
aid; consid
ers that private sector devel­
opment 
of climate-related in surance 
markets 
in 
the ACP coun tries 
should be promoted to en hance 
resil­
ience 
to climate shock s;
24. Calls 
on 
the Commission  
and 
EU 
governments 
to provide more resources for stren gthening 
the capacity 
of health systems in the ACP coun tries,
 in order to help them cope with the adverse effects of climate 
change 
on 
health;
25. Considers 
that adequate plan ning 
and 
management 
of environmental 
migration  
will be 
critical for human  
security; 
to this end 
calls on 
the international 
community 
to identify 
and 
address the leg al 
shortfalls that 
exist in respect of the protection of en vi
ronm
ental refug ees;
 suggests
 that asylum reg ulations
 or agree
­
ments 
on 
a regional 
or international 
level be 
considered 
in 
view of the extremely vuln erable 
situation 
of 
the island 
states that risk  
becoming 
submerged; 
points 
out also that in str
uments 
to protect the iden tity, 
culture 
and 
traditions 
of environmental 
refugees 
should be 
developed an d 
put in 
place;
26. Instructs 
its Co-Presiden ts 
to forward this resolution  
to the ACP-E U 
Council, 
the European 
Commission , 
the 
African 
Union, 
the UNFCCC an d 
the World Ban k.