18. 确认所有国家避免、尽量减轻和应对气候变化不利影响包括极端天气事件和缓发事件带来的损失和损害的重要性，以及可持续发展在减少损失和损害风险方面的作用，并在这方面期待气候变化影响所致损失和损害华沙国际机制在联合国气候变化框架公约缔约方大会相关决定和《巴黎协定》第 8 条框架内进行审查的结果；
18. Recognizes the importance for all countries of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow-onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of loss and damage, and in that regard looks forward to the outcome of the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts, in the context of relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and article 8 of the Paris Agreement;