وقد نظر في توصيات الهيئة الفرعية للمشورة العلمية والتكنولوجية في دورتها الثالثة والعشرين،
[Noting that adaptation to [climate change and its adverse effects] [the adverse effects of climate change] is of high priority for all countries and that developing countries, especially the least developed countries, small island developing States and communities in areas that may experience the most severe impacts as a result of climate change, [such as the Arctic,] are particularly vulnerable,]