Australia congratulates Dr Fry on his appointment.

Australia was proud to support the establishment of the mandate and looks forward to working productively with the Special Rapporteur.

The new Australian Government has already committed to a more ambitious 2030 target, to reduce emissions to 43% below 2005 levels, putting Australia on track to achieve net-zero by 2050.

Climate change is the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific. It directly impacts the realisation of human rights.

Australia is committed to rights-based, gender-responsive and socially inclusive climate action and delivering a foreign policy that ensures that the voices and practices of Indigenous Australians are central to our climate action.

On the Special Rapporteur's forecast report on actions to address climate change, particularly in the context of loss and damage, we recognise non-economic losses associated with climate change can threaten cultural heritage, Indigenous or local knowledge and societal or cultural identity.

We ask how the Special Rapporteur will take forward work on gender equality, social inclusion and indigenous issues in the context of his mandate?