Goal Overview

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by improving resilience, mitigating emissions, and integrating climate measures into policies and strategies.

Key Targets and Indicators

• Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
  • Indicator: Number of deaths, missing persons, and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population.
• Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning.
  • Indicator: Number of countries that have communicated the establishment or operationalization of an integrated policy/strategy/plan which increases their ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development.
• Improve education, awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning.
  • Indicator: Number of countries that have integrated mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning into primary, secondary, and tertiary curricula.
• 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.
  • Indicator: Mobilized amount of USD per year starting in 2020 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment.
• Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries, including focusing on women, youth, and local and marginalized communities.
  • Indicator: Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing on women, youth, and local and marginalized communities.

Strategies and Actions

• Enhance disaster resilience: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters by improving infrastructure, implementing early warning systems, and promoting community-based disaster risk management.
• Integrate climate policies: Incorporate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures into national policies, strategies, and planning processes to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive approach.
• Promote education and awareness: Enhance education and awareness about climate change to foster a culture of sustainability and empower communities to take action.
• Support climate finance: Mobilize financial resources to support climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in developing countries, ensuring that funding is transparent and effectively utilized.
• Build capacity: Develop and strengthen the capacity of local, national, and regional institutions to effectively plan and manage climate change responses, with a focus on vulnerable groups.

FAO Actions to Support Monitoring

• Capacity building: Provide training and capacity-building programs for government officials, local authorities, and communities on climate change mitigation and adaptation practices.
• Technical assistance: Offer technical support for developing and implementing national climate policies and strategies.
• Research and data collection: Conduct research and gather data on climate change impacts and mitigation/adaptation measures to inform policy-making and track progress.
• Guidelines and best practices: Develop and disseminate guidelines and best practices for climate change mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction.
• Awareness campaigns: Promote public awareness and advocate for urgent climate action through campaigns, workshops, and public events.

Conclusion

Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts is crucial for ensuring a sustainable future. By enhancing disaster resilience, integrating climate policies, promoting education and awareness, supporting climate finance, and building capacity, we can achieve SDG 13. Together, we can mitigate the effects of climate change, adapt to its impacts, and build a resilient and sustainable world for future generations.