We thank the Special Rapporteur for these timely reports.

It is undeniable that current environmental challenges - including climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – can have a detrimental impact on human rights.

This is why urgent and impactful climate and environmental action is a top priority for Australia. And why we announced our bid to co-host COP31 in 2026 in partnership with the Pacific.

Climate change impacts are more acute for Pacific women and girls in all their diversity, and those facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and inequality. This includes Indigenous women and girls, people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, and people living with disabilities.

Through the Shifting the Power Coalition, Australia is helping to expand and strengthen women-led early warning information and communication mechanisms in the Pacific, which will better prepare the region for extreme weather events and health emergencies.

We ask the Special Rapporteur: how can the international community best cooperate to reduce the disproportionate harm climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution has on women and girls?