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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change

and its impacts


Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies
and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more
tomorrow. Weather patterns are changing, sea levels are rising, weather events are becoming more
extreme and greenhouse gas emissions are now at their highest levels in history. Without action, the
world’s average surface temperature is likely to surpass 3 degrees centigrade this century. The
poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most.
Affordable, scalable solutions are now available to enable countries to leapfrog to cleaner, more
resilient economies. The pace of change is quickening as more people are turning to renewable
energy and a range of other measures that will reduce emissions and increase adaptation efforts.
Climate change, however, is a global challenge that does not respect national borders. It is an issue
that requires solutions that need to be coordinated at the international level to help developing
countries move toward a low-carbon economy.

Facts and Figures


As of April 2018, 175 parties had ratified the Paris Agreement and 168 parties had communicated
their first nationally determined contributions to the UN framework convention on Climate Change
Secretariat.
As of April 2018, 10 developing countries had successfully completed and submitted their first
iteration of their national adaptation plans for responding to climate change.
Developed country parties continue to make progress towards the goal of jointly mobilizing $100
billion annually by 2020 for mitigation actions.
Thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change we know:
From 1880 to 2012, average global temperature increased by 0.85°C. To put this into perspective, for
each 1 degree of temperature increase, grain yields decline by about 5 per cent. Maize, wheat and
other major crops have experienced significant yield reductions at the global level of 40 megatons
per year between 1981 and 2002 due to a warmer climate.
Oceans have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished and sea level has risen. From
1901 to 2010, the global average sea level rose by 19 cm as oceans expanded due to warming and
ice melted. The Arctic’s sea ice extent has shrunk in every successive decade since 1979, with 1.07
million km² of ice loss every decade
Given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end
of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5°C compared to 1850 to 1900 for
all but one scenario. The world’s oceans will warm and ice melt will continue. Average sea level rise
is predicted as 24 – 30cm by 2065 and 40-63cm by 2100. Most aspects of climate change will persist
for many centuries even if emissions are stopped
Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) have increased by almost 50 per cent since 1990
Emissions grew more quickly between 2000 and 2010 than in each of the three previous decades
It is still possible, using a wide array of technological measures and changes in behavior, to limit the
increase in global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
Major institutional and technological change will give a better than even chance that global warming
will not exceed this threshold.
Goal 13 targets
13.1. Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in
all countries
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
13.4. A. Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing 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
13.5. B. Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and
management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including
focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities

*Acknowledging that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the primary
international, intergovernmental forum for negotiating the global response to climate change.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change-2/

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