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SDG

13 Climate Action

Sustainable Development Goal 13, also known
as Climate Action, aims to take urgent action to
combat climate change and its impacts by 2030.
SDG 13 focuses on strengthening resilience and
adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards,
integrating climate change measures into policies,
strategies, planning, and raising awareness about
the importance of climate action. It emphasizes
the need to mobilize resources and support
developing countries in their efforts to implement
climate mitigation and adaptation measures.

By achieving SDG 13, the international community
aspires to build a world that actively addresses
climate change, promotes sustainability, and
safeguards the planet’s ecosystems and future Renewable energy-Seychelles.
generations from the adverse effects of global Source: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
warming.

Global Progress of SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts
The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, and the window to avert it is closing rapidly.
Increased heatwaves, droughts and floods caused by climate change are already affecting billions
of people around the world and causing potentially irreversible changes in global ecosystems. To
limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, as set out in the Paris Agreement, global
greenhouse gas emissions will need to peak before 2025. Then they must decline by 43 per cent
by 2030, falling to net zero by 2050, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), the United Nations body responsible for assessing the science related to climate change.
In response, countries are articulating climate action plans to cut emissions and adapt to climate
impacts through nationally determined contributions. However, current national commitments are
not sufficient to meet the 1.5 °C target. Under these commitments, greenhouse gas emissions are
projected to increase by almost 14 per cent over the next decade. Immediate and deep reductions
in emissions are needed across all sectors to move from a tipping point headed to climate calamity
to a turning point for a sustainable future.
Source: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022