WHAT IS 'GOAL 13' ABOUT?
Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG 13 or Global Goal 13) is to limit and adapt to climate change. It is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The official mission statement of this goal is to "Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts". This goal focuses on all the problems surrounding climate Change.
Targets of this goal
strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters
(target 13.1)
integrate climate change measures into policies and planning
(target 13.2)
build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change
(target 13.3)
implement the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
(target 13.a)
