The development in the past century has had more adverse impact on the environment than positive effect on the economy. Most of the world’s resources are on the verge of exhaustion or pollution and 2016 was the third consecutive year in which temperatures were more than 1 degree Celsius above late nineteenth-century levels. The focus of this goal is on ‘urgent action’ to mitigate the climate crisis.
Fact And Figures
The SDG 13 had to be included in the list of targets to help strengthen the combat against climate change through the twofold approach of climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.
Land, oceans, air, biodiversity and humanity, all stand at the edge of survival as we know it. Absolute sea level has risen at an average rate of 0.06 inches per year from 1880 to 2013. Global carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions have increased more quickly between 2000 and 2010, than in each of the three previous decades.
This calls for urgent and accelerated action by countries as they implement their commitments to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Climate change is already affecting the most vulnerable countries and populations, in particular the least developed countries and the small island developing States. Steps under Goal 13 have to accelerate the process
0.06 inches
of average rate of rise in absolute sea level per year from 1880 to 2013
1 degree Celsius
2016 was the third consecutive year in which temperatures were more than 1 degree Celsius above late nineteenth-century levels
Target
13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all conutries
13.2 integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-conutry parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilising jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.b Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalised communities
Our Team
Bhakti Anand
Team Lead SDG 13