SDG 13: fighting against climate change

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Sustainable Development

This term was first defined in the Brundtland Report, published in 1987, as “development that...

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Goals 13- Climate action 

This goal aims to combat

climate change

A change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. by using statistical tests)...

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and its impacts – drought, floods, cyclones, etc. – which directly threaten communities and weaken them indirectly by destroying agricultural production. 

To this end, it calls on developed countries to help their developing counterparts so that at-risk communities are better protected. 

Example of action: 
The creation of the United Nations (U.N.) Green Climate Fund. This vehicle facilitates funds transfers from the most advanced to the most vulnerable countries so that they can implement projects aimed at countering climate change. 

This goal also focuses on improved education and awareness so that everyone can adopt more ecofriendly habits. 

Example: 
French high-school students elect “eco-delegates” whose mission is to engage all students in the fight against climate change.